Marine Log - February 2009 - (Page 37) Technews First ship accepted into STEP program is fitted with Hyde Guardian The M/S Coral Princess was the first ship accepted into the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ship Technology Evaluation Program (STEP). Fitted with the Hyde Guardian Ballast Water Treatment System (BWT), the STEP acceptance means the vessel will be able to discharge its properly treated ballast water anywhere in the United States. The Hyde Guardian meets the requirements of the pending IMO ballast water management convention, and features a robust design, an auto backflushing filter that removes sediment and large plankton and additionally it contains a powerful UV disinfection which kills or inactivates the smaller organisms and bacteria. The Hyde Guardian is expected to meet IMO approval early this year. www.hydemarine.com Transas launches new LRIT System Transas has built a new Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system. The new LRIT system, based on the IsatM2M network service, meets all IMO LRIT specifications and was built in cooperation with Skywave and other recognized ASP organizations. IsatM2M is an enhanced operating mode of Skywave’s trusted D+ service. The service provides reliable two-way communications and global coverage. Transas is testing the network with the LRIT onboard terminal Skywave 800LRIT. The Skywave DMR800LRIT hardware unit will be exclusively registered in the new syswww.transas.com NACE opens corrosion training facility NACE International, Houston, Tex., opened up the nation’s first freestanding training center that will focus solely on corrosion education. The $2.4 million facility will be able to accomodate 3,000 students and will offer over 125 state-of-the-art courses in corrosion identification. Corrosion can lead to safety and environmental issues with 30% of the nation’s water supply being lost due to its effects. Corrosion is estimated to cause up to $276 billion in damages each year. The 15,000 square ft facility features a Cathodic protection test field, a coatings lab, a virtual spray booth, and the nations only marine ballast tank immersion tent. The need to train a new generation of corrosion experts is necessary since within the next decade a larger percentage of the corrosion industry’s workforce is expected to retire. Professionals working in this particular field in 2008 made an average of $88,354. BTT ugrades to HELM Boston Towing and Transportation, East Boston, Mass., switched its dispatching and billing tracking system to the HELM Marine Operations Software. BTT chose HELM because it was in need of a new system that would reduce time to invoice and decrease invoicing errors. HELM, designed and supported by Edoc Systems Group Ltd., is user friendly, isscalable for future growth andn can also be accessed from anywhere at anytime. www.nace.org/education www.edocgroup.com/helm.aspx www.marinelog.com FEBRUARY 2009 MARINE LOG 37 http://www.hydemarine.com http://www.transas.com http://www.nace.org/education http://www.edocgroup.com/helm.aspx http://www.marinelog.com
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