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TEAM passenger bridges for Norwegian Breakaway at Manhattan terminal

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 22 November 2012 22 November 2012

TEAM’s Passenger Boarding Bridges will provide ease of embarkation and disembarkation for the cruise guests of Norwegian Breakaway at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal.

TEAM Ports & Maritime has been awarded by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Turner Construction Corporation a contract to design, manufacture, assemble, transport and install two HYDRA Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York.

The PBBs will provide seamless access for cruise guests from cruise terminal building to NCL’s Breakaway and vice versa. The Norwegian Breakaway will start turnaround operations in New York as of May 2013. .

Bolidt successfully tests flooring that electrocutes bacteria

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 15 November 2012 15 November 2012

Bolidt Synthetic Products & Systems and independent Dutch research organisation TNO have carried out various tests on antimicrobial flooring systems, which employ a revolutionary new bactericidal technique. The first lab experiments show great promise, Bolidt said in a statement.

“Using a bactericidal technique in a flooring system that kills bacteria by electrocution is new. Bolidt has developed a range of synthetic flooring systems for the healthcare sector that introduces this revolutionary technique. Whereas currently available antibacterial (paint) systems are based on a chemical technique to prevent the spread of multi-resistant bacteria, Bolidt systems are based on a patented mechanical AM-Inside technology,” the company said.

“Their bactericidal effect is a process, by which the bacterium is killed as soon as it comes into contact with the floor surface due to the inherent difference in electrical charge between the floor surface and the bacterium itself. As a result, the multi-resistant bacteria cannot reproduce and survive. Large contact surfaces are thus protected against the growth and spread of bacteria.”

“Since it is precisely the flooring that poses a major risk of spreading multi-resistant bacteria, this development will help hospitals and medical centres make a huge step forward in their fight against multi-resistant bacteria such as Klebsiella pneumoniae and Methicilline-resistant Staphylocuccus aureus (MRSA). The first series of lab experiments have shown that the bactericidal formula in the Bolidt flooring systems is effective against a large number of multi-resistant bacteria. In addition, the bacteria cannot become resistant. The tests and lab experiments conducted at TNO and in Bolidt’s own laboratory have reached an advanced stage, but a number of final tests remain to be done. We are also developing the same technology in our specialist hygienic wall systems for the healthcare sector”, said Commercial Director Ruud van der Sloot in the statement.

Sance wins Carnival Destiny refit order

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 23 October 2012 23 October 2012

Sance-Sandelin Consulting and Engineering in Finland says it has been awarded a contract concerning the refit project of Carnival Destiny. Destiny will be refit to Sunshine and Sance participates to the project by providing engineering support for technical interior design. Contract participants are Sance and Kaefer Ltd and the contract concerns spa, gym and serenity outside area.

"We started our engineering work concerning this Destiny project in the beginning of this month and we are delighted to continue our partnership with Kaefer Ltd. The previous cooperation project with Kaefer was a development project concerning the construction sector (mobile apartment module) and now we will continue our cooperation relationship on marine sector," says Sance’s CEO, Mr. Kalle Sandelin.

In addition to this engineering contract, Sance is having other projects on marine, offshore and construction sectors at the moment. But this doesn’t prevent Sance to have eyes on the future and be prepared for possible challenges.

"Although the workload of our company is currently very good, it is always important to have a vision for the future and develop issues. Because of this, among other things, we have started our company’s ISO 9001 certificate process, which will open new doors for the client side. We have used our own quality management system, which clients have found very useful for monitoring the project phases and the quality. But because in some cases the only thing which has been the obstacle for starting cooperation with bigger companies is not having this ISO 9001 certificate, we decided to start this process", describes Mr. Tommi Sormunen, Sance’s Quality Manager.

Carnival Destiny refit will be carried out at Italian Fincantieri shipyard. The refit project is planned to accomplish in 49 days. The original Carnival Destiny was built in Italy and delivered in 1996. At that time this ship was the largest cruise liner in the world by its 101,353 gross tons size.

FCR Finland wins €7.5 million Carnival Destiny project

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 23 October 2012 23 October 2012

FCR Finland, the Finnish company that specialises in refit and refurbishment projects of passenger vessels, has won an order worth about €7.5 million from Carnival Cruise Lines in connection of refit of its Carnival Destiny cruise liner, the company said in a statement.

The ship will underfo an extensive refit at the Trieste yard of Fincantieri, after which it will re-enterservice as Carnival Sunshine. The 101,353 gross ton vessel was built in 1996 and it was the first passenger vessel to exceed the 100,000 gross ton size.

Hannu Luoto, Managing Director of FCR Finland, says that the company decided in 2010 to focus on growth and consequently, it increased its marketing efforts and refined its processes by increasing resources. “It is fine to see that Finnish competence is trusted in demanding refurbishment projects. Our ambition is to gain similar large orders each year and continue to serve our other valued customers, which means that we will have to increase our efforts also in the future,” he said in a statement.

FCR Finland uses the recently launched SHIPSU platform on the internet to present its suppliers and contractors to the customer. This will help the companies in question to improve their prospects of winning future orders directly from the customer in question, Luoto added.

Sance’s fourth contract for TUI newbuiding is second biggest in company history

Details: Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen; Category: Products & services Products & services; Published: 23 October 2012 23 October 2012

Sance-Sandelin Consulting and Engineering Ltd, the Finnish engineering group, says it has received fourth contract concerning the TUI cruise ship.

The contract participants are Sance and Shippax Ltd and the contract includes the HVAC- and technical interior engineering of the cabin areas. The engineering work has started and it will employ about 17 engineers and it will last approximately eight months.

This is the second biggest contract that Sance has received in its 10 year history, the company said. However, it did not elaborate.

Previous TUI cruise ship contracts have concerned technical and public areas (HVAC- and technical interior engineering), passenger cabins (HVAC, electrical and technical interior engineering) and part of the cruise ships HVAC basic engineering, the company said in a statement.