Maritime Reporter, December 1991

<BODY> <div> Anschutz Supplies Navigation Package For 'Hannover Express' One of this year's "Outstanding Oceangoing Ships," the modern containership Hannover Express, sails with a complete navigation package from Anschutz & Co. GmbH, Kiel, Germany. In accordance with the "Ship of the Future" concept, the components of the navigation equipment are in- tegrated in a modern operations and onboard management system, ful- filling the requirements for one-man bridge operation. For safe navigation, a gyrocom- pass twin equipment (Standard 4/ Standard 12) and a magnetic com- pass (Reflecta 1) are available as course sensors. Via the course refer- ence managing system Nautocourse, all compasses are combined and are monitored by the signal units Nautoalarm. The course output of the gyrocompasses is speed error- corrected and the course output of the magnetic compass is deviation and variation corrected by Nautocourse. A number of repeater compasses on the bridge, wings and in the rudder machine room indi- cate the actual course. A great help for the ship's person- nel is an Automatic Chart Table, the Nautoplot, by which the current ship's position is indicated on a stan- dard Mercator sea chart by a light spot. An analogue follow-up steering control serves as main steering for the officer on duty. A take-over system permits "authorized" steer- ing places port or starboard wing. With the onboard autopilot Nautopilot A, the ship's crew is re- lieved from making adaptions to changing environmental conditions to achieve optimum navigation. On long sea voyages, the Nautopilot A can be switched from the mode "exact course" to "economy" in order to reduce uneconomical rud- der deflections and reduce strain on the rudder machinery. It is possible to manually inter- rupt the automatic steering process by an override-system and later the Nautopilot A can be reactivated by pressing a button. For maneuvering, the non-follow- up can be selected by the steering selector switch. This facilitates ship control depending on situation. The course and rudder angle in- dicator from Anschutz records the transversed course and the corre- sponding rudder angle on diagram paper. The direct switching over of the non-follow-up steering in the rud- der machine room in emergency situ- ations also guarantees safe guid- ance of the ship. All Anschutz operation panels are incorporated as standard units in a desk section, offering an ergonomical design. For free literature on Anschutz navigation equipment, Circle 66 on Reader Service Card IPD Offers Piston Replacements For Major Diesel Engines Industrial Parts Depot (IPD), Torrance, Calif., manufactures and sells replacement parts for many of the major marine diesel engines through distributors all over the world. IPD, for example, manufactures and sells two-ring and three-ring model replacements for the pistons normally found in diesel engines from one major marine supplier. Customers report improvement in fuel economy, decreased oil con- sumption and blowby, therefore re- ducing total operating costs. The application pistons are available in standard and high compression. For another manufacturer's ma- rine engines, IPD offers standard and hardened replacement liners. The wear surface on the "IPD Extra" liners for the engines is in- duction hardened. That means the wear surface is more than twice as hard. This product is available in IPD's Lifesaver Inframe Kit or as individual liner kits. In fleet service, these liners can deliver the extra miles of service between replacement—an obvious cost savings to the operator. For free literature detailing the replacement parts available from IPD, 8 Circle 272 on Reader Service Card FinCAITNGRI Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. HEAD OFFICE 34121 Trieste/Italy Via Genova 1 Tel. (0) 40 3193111 Tlx 461136 FINCTS I Fax (0) 40 3192305 ircle 266 on Reader Service Card </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>