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	OSG Ship Management (UK) Ltd has decided to fit Navmaster ECDIS on 20 of its tankers following a six-month onboard trial and a competitive bidding process. Of the 20 vessels three are VLCCs, one is a Suezmax, four are existing Aframaxes, four are newbuild Aframaxes and eight are Panamax vessels.

	Four Hansa Treuhand owned tankers, HS Tosca, HS Medea, HS Carmen and HS Alcina managed by Wallem are being fitted with Navmaster.

	Four handysize bulk carriers managed by Wallem for Vogemann are having their previous chart system replaced by Navmaster. Voge Renate is the first to be fitted.

	TransOcean's offshore oil exploration vessel RV Joides Resolution used Navmaster ECS for two years and based on this experience specified Navmaster dual ECDIS for the vessel's major refit which is taking place in Singapore.

	Nico Middle East Ltd, one of Dubai's leading offshore vessel owners and DP/ROV/CLV operators, have selected Navmaster ECDIS as their fleet choice. Newbuild AHTS Topaz Jumeirah was the first to be fitted, followed by existing vessels CLV Team Oman and Team Muscat. The company plans to double its fleet size within five years.

	Two of Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd's five vessels have Navmaster ECDIS onboard. PNTL is the world's most experienced shipper of nuclear cargoes.

	John H Whitaker Tankers, specialists in refuelling for coastal and short sea transportation, have fitted their newest tanker Whitonia with Navmaster. The installation was carried out partly by ship's staff whilst Whitonia was in drydock, demonstrating the ease with which the system can be fitted.

	Irish Ferries' vessel Isle of Inishmore has had her previous ECDIS replaced with Navmaster ECDIS. The modular design of the Navmaster ECDIS components made it easy to replace an existing system. Irish Ferries is Ireland's largest ferry company.

	North Sea emergency response and rescue services provider Vroon Offshore UK (ex Viking Offshore UK) is equipping nine newbuild field support vessels with Navmaster ECDIS. To date a 13-strong order has been placed with Astilleros Zamakona in Spain, part of a 23-vessel investment programme.

	Singapore-based BW Shipping Managers Pte have upgraded their Navmaster ECS system onboard the 310,000 DWT ore carrier Berge Vik & sister ship Berge Fjord to ECDIS software. The software is installed on standard PC hardware as a partial step towards ECDIS operation.

	Scotline's specialised timber carrier Scot Mariner is fitted with Navmaster ECDIS and currently maintaining a regular route between Varberg in Sweden and the Irish ports of Wicklow, Belfast and Cork. Timber liner operators Scotline own eight out of a fleet of ten modern box hold vessels.

	Ro-ro shipment specialist Cobelfret, which operates regular freight ferry services between Dartford and two of Europe's most strategically placed ports Zeebrugge and Vlissingen, purchased Navmaster with ENC charts to install onboard the ex-Dart Line vessels Serpentine and Aquiline.

	Tanker operator Clipper Wonsild bought seven Navmaster ECS systems, with voyage data record & replay to enable management to recover data from vessels and review it ashore. PC Maritime project-managed the installation of the Navmaster systems and provided training to ships staff on each vessel.

	Societe Nationale Maritime Corse Mediterranee (SNCM), major operator of passenger, vehicle and freight transport in the Western Mediterranean, has to date installed Navmaster ECS on four ferries: Monte D'Oro, Paglia Orba, Mediterranee and Napoleon Bonaparte.

	Maritime Craft Services' range of multi-purpose marine construction and support vessels includes six equipped with Navmaster. Navmaster is now stipulated for all newbuilds.

	Operators of workboats for marine civil engineering & dredging support, Holyhead Towing are steadily replacing previous chart systems on existing vessels and specifying Navmaster for newbuilds. To date 11 workboats are equipped with Navmaster.

	Shell International Trading & Shipping Company (STASCO) specify Navmaster for all their vessels for use as a planning and quality system compliance tool. Currently 51 STASCO ships use Navmaster.

	Dutch family-owned trading company CV Scheepvaart Onderneming's new vessel Morgenstond 1 is fitted with Navmaster as well as her sister ship Morgenstond II. The company is a long-term customer and has relied on Navmaster on previous vessels for some seven years.

	FelixArc Marine, a long established marine services company now part of the Svitzer Group, have Navmaster onboard two multicats and two tugs: Gray Mammoth, Gray Jumbo, Gray Test and Gray Salvor.

	Managers of the Cobelfret ro-ro ferry fleet EuroShip Services chose to install Navmaster throughout their fleet of nine ships in 2001 following extensive trials of 5 different chart systems. Initially supplied with Admiralty ARCS charts, the vessels are now navigating with official ENC charts.

	Operators of lifeline ferries providing passenger, vehicle and shipping services to the Islands off the West Coast of Scotland, CalMac Ferries specify Navmaster for all their larger passenger ferries. Currently 12 CalMac ferries use Navmaster.

	Two bulk carriers managed by V Ships, MV Yeoman Bontrup and MV Yeoman Bridge, have Navmaster as their electronic navigation system

	Offshore Marine Contractors specialises in rig moves for the North Sea oil and gas industries. Six of their vessels use Navmaster for accurate monitoring of position when towing very large installations.

	Passenger ferries Stena Europe and Stena Caledonia operated by Stena Line are equipped with Navmaster.