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from German Technology The 7.8 1.7 3.8 ft. (2.3 3 1 ), 4,4 dwt LNG tanker Methane Artie visited Blohm

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and checked for consistence, the discharge pump controlled, as well as the mooring winches and capstans overhauled. The ship, operated by BG LNG Services, Houston/USA and managed by Ceres Hellenic Shipping, Piraeus/Greece was built in 1 at Kockums, Sweden. The 3-year-old ship underwent dry-docking in order to bring it into line with latest rules and recommendations. One modifications was to update the deck machinery to meet OCIMF requirements. The moor- ing equipment was designed for nomi- nal pull of 1 kN and static brake holding load of 6 kN. The customer contracted Hatlapa to redesign and mod- ify the existing mooring winches, all within the dry-docking period of 3 days. The task was to increase the rope capacity that by adding another six winch drums to the existing 1 winch CAE Tech on German Navy Ships CAE signed new contracts to provide integrat- ed bridge systems (IBSs) for land-based test facility for the German navy' -1-class frigates. CAE also finalized the contract for the German navy' K1 corvette program. The new contract with the German navy calls for CAE to provide an -1 land-based test facili- ty to support CAE' integrated machinery con- trol system (IMCS) already aboard the navy' new -1 class frigates. The -1 IMCS is comprehensive platform management system with advanced features