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AMT Analysenmesstechnik GmbH Joachim-Jungius-Strasse 9 D-18109 Rostock, Germany Tel: +49-381-4059380 ��� Fax: -200 E-mail: info@amt-gmbh.com www.amt-gmbh.com international Japan, Philippines Strengthen Strategic Partnership Electrochemical Sensors for Probe Systems Japan���s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and the Philippines��� Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario agreed in January to enhance their countries��� strategic partnership, including maritime cooperation amid territorial disputes with China, The Japan Times reported. Japan will also extend 54 billion yen in low-interest loans to the Philippines for transportation infrastructure development. Japan is the Philippines��� largest source of development assistance loans. Japan has already been training the Philippine Coast Guard and enhancing its communications equipment for maritime safety. The Coast Guard is considering purchasing 10 multirole response vessels from Japan. UK Private Fleet Forms to Deter Piracy Off East Coast of Africa Oxygen ��� pH ��� Redox ��� Conductivity ��� H2S ��� Hydrogen Typhon (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) has created a private navy to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean, with a 10,000-tonne mother ship and armored patrol boats, the International Business Times reported in January. An ex-Royal Navy commodore will recruit and lead 240 former marines and sailors. The feet will escort oil tankers, bulk carriers and yachts around the east coast of Africa. It will be funded by shipping frms and fy under a sovereign fag, which gives it the legal right to carry weapons into harbor. Unique System to Offer Rentals in UAE Unique System FZE (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) has announced a new division: On Site Machine Rental. Splitframe clamshells, fange-facing machines, boring bars, milling machines, hot-tapping equipment and end-prepping tools will be among the machines available. A 24/7 support service will manage customer requirements. Asia Research Institutes Purchase GeoSwath Plus Kongsberg Geoacoustics (Great Yarmouth, England) has delivered its GeoSwath Plus shallow-water multibeam and side scan system to various research institutes in Asia. The Korean Research and Development Institute purchased a 250-kilohertz COMPACT multibeam echosounder, which has already been successfully operated in shallow-water bathymetry projects. The National University of Singapore is operating a similar system at 500 kilohertz daily in a coastal engineering project, also from a very small platform. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) installed an AUV version in its 4-kilometerrated AUV and has successfully operated it in several deepwater projects. Damen Shipyards Buys Arno Dunkerque Damen Shipyards Group (Gorinchem, Netherlands) has bought ship-repair yard Arno Dunkerque (Dunkirk, France), the only operator for ship repair and conversion in the thirdlargest French port. The yard will continue its ship-repair and conversion services, and its personnel and management will remain in place. 74 st / FEBRUARY 2013 www.sea-technology.com