Lilley & Gillie to supply SELEX three Navmaster ECDIS for field support vessels
Lilley & Gillie, the long-established nautical chart supplier and navigational equipment manufacturer, has recently been awarded a contract by SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica company, to provide PC Maritime Navmaster ECDIS systems for installation aboard three field support vessels now being built by Astilleros Zamakona in Bilbao, Spain, for Vroon Offshore Services Ltd (VOS).
The new contract is in addition to six Navmaster ECDIS systems that were ordered in 2006 for installation on a series of six new 1,500grt offshore support vessels originally ordered from Zamakona by Aberdeen-based Viking Offshore Services The first of these ships was delivered in December 2006 and the last is due to be handed over in March 2009. In May 2007, Viking Offshore Services was acquired by Vroon BV, thus creating one of the largest offshore support fleets in Europe. The company now operates as Vroon Offshore Services Ltd.
VOS currently operates a total of 59 vessels from bases in Aberdeen, Scotland; Den Helder, The Netherlands; and Genoa in Italy, and has a total of 23 new build vessels on order. Its fleet includes conventional and multi-role emergency response and rescue vessels, platform supply, anchor handling, dive support and utility vessels, operating principally in the North Sea and the Mediterranean.
SELEX Communications is responsible for the entire bridge outfit on these nine VOS ships and it demands only the most rigorously tested and reliable equipment, used in the installation of communication systems to all levels of complexity. Therefore its choice of the Navmaster ECDIS system for the VOS vessels is seen by Lilley & Gillie as a very significant testimony to the high quality of this product.
Announcing the contract, Glenn Heathcote, Managing Director of Lilley & Gillie, stated: "According to VOS, its deck officers are very happy with the performance and ease of use of the Navmaster ECDIS systems installed on the first Zamakona ships. This order for a further three sets is therefore an excellent testimonial as to the merits of Navmaster.”
Navmaster's notable features include remote diagnostics, which reduces costs and simplifies support; voyage data recording & replay, which can provide vital evidence in the event of incident or damage; excellent route planning, which has been in use by an oil major since 1997; and companion training software to assist companies to provide cost-effective ECDIS training.
Contact: http://www.lilleyandgillie.co.uk/
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Source: http://www.mgn.com/