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52 st / July 2014 www.sea-technology.com ening and cropping, with in-house designed equipment and industrial-strength hull cleaning equipment. Rix Sea Shuttle Expands Offshore Crew Transfer Fleet Rix Sea Shuttle (Hull, England) will take delivery of its frst Damen (Gorinchem, Netherlands) vessel—a Fast Crew Supplier 2610—to support their growing involvement in the offshore crew transfer market. The new vessel, the Rix Lion, is due for delivery just six weeks after signing the contract. The vessel will have a deck crane, and modifed railings on the fore deck increase the area available for equipment transfer. Airbus Defence and Space Ships 1,000 Xchange Systems Airbus Defence and Space (Leiden, Netherlands) has shipped the 1,000th XChange communications manage- ment system. XChange is a core component of the Airbus Defence and Space Pharostar VSAT services used on mer- chant and offshore vessels worldwide. Designed to optimize voice and IP communications between the ship and the of- fce, XChange's innovative feature set harmonizes networks to provide seamless communication. XChange has contin- ued to evolve, with a third version released this spring. Amsterdam Tug and OSV Training Center Opens Doors The new 360-Control tug and OSV training center was offcially opened for the general public and customers. The simulators for the training center were delivered and in- stalled by VSTEP (Rotterdam, Netherlands). The VSTEP simulators delivered include a 360° NAUTIS Full Mission Tug Simulator and a 240° NAUTIS Desktop Trainer to allow realistic training of tug and OSV handling and maneuvering. To allow training of complete exercise scenarios using a vessel and two tugs (one at the stern and one at the bow), these tug and OSV simulators will be ex- panded with another 360° NAUTIS Full Mission Tug Simula- tor at a later stage. Aluminium-Bronze Butterfy Valves For Qatar Petroleum's Dry Dock Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (Ulsan, South Korea) has built a 405-meter-long dry dock in Qatar. For this proj- ect, Econosto (Rotterdam, Netherlands) supplied special Econ butterfy valves with electrical actuator. Econosto was selected as the supplier because it was capable of producing these special butterfy valves on ex- tremely short notice. Furthermore, Econosto is present lo- cally with offces in Dubai and Qatar. This was essential for after-sales care, maintenance and operation. New Executive Education Program Launched The World Maritime University, founded by the Interna- tional Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, and the Maritime Academy of DNV GL (Høvik, Norway) have joined forces to offer a new postgrad- uate diploma. Managers in today's competitive maritime industry need to cope with the current technical, regulatory and com- mercial developments. The diploma is designed to provide Companies Discuss Sale of Supply Vesssel Tanjung Offshore Berhard (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Bourbon Far East Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) have entered into ex- clusive discussions for the sale of 51 percent ownership of nine Bourbon offshore supply vessels operating in Malaysia. In parallel, Tanjung has invited Bourbon to become a shareholder in their company. Both parties are actively re- viewing the proposed transaction, and a fnal decision will be made within the coming months. Coast Guard Commandant to Participate In D-Day Anniversary Events On June 6, 1944, the Coast Guard joined the other U.S. military branches and Allied Forces in the operation code- named Overlord on Normandy Beach, France. The Coast Guard played an integral part in Operation Neptune, the code name given to Overlord's amphibious assault and na- val gunfre support operations. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft was scheduled to join President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in France for the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Colombia Invests in Port Safety The Colombian Ministry of Defence and Navy have im- proved the operational conditions and safety at two impor- tant ports: Buenaventura on Colombia's Pacifc coast and Cartagena in the Caribbean. DIMAR (Colombia's National Maritime Authority, respon- sible for safety at sea and inland waterways) has carried out an investment in more than a hundred new buoys equipped with the latest technology in self-contained LED lights by Almarin (Barcelona, Spain). The buoys are equipped with a new generation of satellite monitoring, allowing real-time status tracking. Susbsea Technology & Rentals Ltd. Appoints New Rental Partner in Australia Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd. (Great Yarmouth, Eng- land) has announced an agreement with Western Advance Pty. Ltd. (Malaga, Washington), which has become the com- pany's exclusive rental partner in Australia. Western Advance is an established supplier and inte- grator of survey instrumentation, security and surveillance systems, with more than 19 years of experience delivering solutions to the oil and gas and defense industries. Hydrex in Business for 40 Years Hydrex (Antwerp, Belgium) celebrated its 40th birthday. The company was offcially founded by Boud Van Rompay in Antwerp in 1974, with the purpose of researching and de- veloping underwater technology that would help keep ships out of drydock and in business, and at the same time mini- mize the impact of shipping on the marine environment by the use of sustainable technologies for hull protection and fouling control. Over the years, Hydrex has pioneered many new tech- niques for underwater maintenance and repair, such as cof- ferdams and habitats, fexible mobdocks, propeller straight- international