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Order to and from the equipment.
J-Lay system
The unit is based around the Iridium Talladega 9601A
short burst data transceiver, combined with the Trident
contract
Helix Ver.2 processor, supplied by UK-based Trident
Sensors Ltd.
A complete new J-Lay system for the Saipem field Engineered for deep-sea and extreme environment
development ship (FDS) will be supplied by the Engineering applications, the device is said to feature long battery life to
Business (EB). EB will be responsible for the design, serve extended duration missions or long periods prior to
manufacture, assembly, testing, and delivery of the tower. recovery. Utilising the Iridium satellite network in conjunc-
EB’s managing director Dr Tony Trapp comments: tion with GPS positioning, the two-way communications
‘The J-Lay system is being designed for the installation of enable high volume data retrieval and remote reprogram-
pipelines in deepwater, and with a maximum dynamic line ming of missions.
tension of 1500tonnes, it will be one of the world’s largest Contact Delta Wave Communications, Inc, 8001 Hwy 182
J-Lay towers.’ E, Morgan City, LA 70380, USA
The build will take place on Tyneside and Teeside and, Tel +1 985 384 4100
following pre-delivery testing, it will be loaded onto a barge Fax +1 985 384 4102
and shipped to Rotterdam, where it will be commissioned E-mail sales@deltawavecomm.com
onto the FDS. www.deltawavecomm.com
Contact The Engineering Business Ltd, Broomhaugh
House, Riding Mill, Northumberland NE44 6EG, UK Order
Tel +44 1434 682 800
Fax +44 1434 682 801
Ship management
E-mail team@engb.com
software for FPSOs
www.engb.com
Integrated fleet and ship management software provider
Product Star Information Systems (SIS) will provide BW Offshore
Deep-sea GPS
with Star IPS onboard all of the contractor’s FPSO/FSOs.
Previously, BW Offshore used a number of maintenance
tracking device
management systems within its fleet, but has recently
conducted a system evaluation which suggested that Star
The new ROV/AUVTrac GPS tracking device offers the IPS would be the most suitable software to support the
capability to track the positions of underwater assets such as company’s maintenance strategies.
buoys, ROVs, and AUVs, on a global basis. Manufactured Among the findings of the evaluation it is claimed that
by Delta Wave Communications, it is designed to burst Star IPS would be easy to use for onboard personnel after
transmit vehicle GPS coordinates at user defined intervals an office trial, improvements on existing maintenance
once the vehicle surfaces, utilising Iridium’s global satellite systems were sufficient to warrant replacement, and Star
network. The network can also be used to transmit data IPS modules could be integrated with BW Offshore’s ERP
system.
The contract includes all Star IPS modules (maintenance,
The ROV/AUVTrac is designed to track the underwater
spares and inventory, docking, document management,
positions of buoys, ROVs, and AUVs.
and safety management) and gives SIS responsibility for
daily monitoring and operation services for the office and
onboard systems. The software provider will also monitor
data replication and troubleshoot any issues.
Contact Star Information Systems AS, Stortorvet 5,
N-0155 Oslo, Norway
Tel +47 22 47 69 10
Fax +47 22 47 69 19
E-mail sales@sismarine.com
www.sismarine.com
Technology
Offshore vessel
equipment projects
Two contracts have been awarded to Imtech Marine &
 Offshore Marine Technology 1st Quarter 2008
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