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	Topaz Energy and Marine took delivery in April 2010 of Caspian Protector, a 61m emergency recovery and response vessel fitted with dual Navmaster ECDIS. Caspian Protector will be assisting in the safekeeping of workers on various oil production platforms in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea.
	HSC Express operated by P&O Irish Ferries recently acquired a single Navmaster ECDIS to comply with the 2000 HSC Code and provide navigators with continuous position monitoring during voyages.
	Maersk Training Centre in Newcastle, UK, has a Navmaster ECDIS for Training network interfaced with a desktop ship simulator as part of the Centre’s generic ECDIS training course. This enables instructors to give delegates a real-life simulation of a navigational watch.
	Texas-based offshore drilling services company Frontier Drilling has installed Navmaster ECDIS on conventionally-moored drillship Frontier Duchess and turret-moored drillship Frontier Discoverer.
	15 newbuild field support vessels operated by Vroon Offshore Services are being equipped with Navmaster ECDIS. Vroon Offshore is a major provider of emergency response and rescue services to the offshore oil and gas industry in the North Sea. Designed by OSD IMT and built in Astilleros Zamakona in Spain, ten newbuilds are now operational.
	OSG Ship Management (UK) Ltd chose Navmaster ECDIS for its tanker fleet after a six-month onboard trial and a competitive bidding process. OSG Greece followed suit and 32 ships are equipped so far, comprising VLCCs, Suezmax, Aframax and Panamax vessels. OSG also equipped their training school in Manila with a 7-user network, and installed a Navmaster Office network in their Gosforth office as a multi-purpose management tool.
	Ten tankers and handysize bulk carriers managed by Wallem for Hansa Treuhand and Vogemann have taken a partial step to ECDIS by purchasing Navmaster ECDIS software in type-approved PCs but with off-the-shelf monitors, keeping costs down yet gaining some of the benefits of ECDIS. It is an easy matter later on to replace the monitors with type approved Navmaster ECDIS monitors.
	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 in Singapore. Joides Resolution is now operating off the Pacific coast of the USA.
	Nico Middle East Ltd, now Topaz MENA, 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 Team Oman and Team Muscat and further newbuilds, totalling 9 so far. 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.
	Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz at Terschelling purchased Navmaster ECDIS for Training to deliver efficient classroom training in the operational use of ECDIS using standard PCs and networks. Their large network installation allows them to take classes of 24 students at once, making the teaching process far less time-consuming.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	V Ships managed 97,000 tonne bulk carriers MV Yeoman Bontrup and MV Yeoman Bridge have Navmaster as their navigation system, and recently self-discharging aggregate carrier MV Yeoman Bank was fitted together with repeater monitors at the bridge wings.
	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 used Navmaster ECS as an aid to navigation for several years and have now upgraded their installations to type-approved ECDIS.