| BIO-UV to Retrofit Ballast Water System for Cruise Ship Europa
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| French UV-based treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has secured a contract with Columbia Cruise Services to retrofit a BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system to the cruise ship Europa. Installation and commissioning will take place during the vessel's scheduled drydocking at the Blohm+Voss yard in Hamburg, this September. A modular BIO-SEA B01-0085 system with an 85m3/h flow rate will replace a competitor's first-generation UV-type ballast water system currently installed on the 28,890gt vessel. With Europa set to call at San Francisco next year, the competitor system needs to be replaced with a system compliant with US Coast Guard requirements. Ludovic Rouzel, BWT Contracts Manager, BIO-UV Group, said: "We are delighted that Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, through Columbia, has opted to retrofit BIO-SEA to this vessel, our first reference with this cruise line. "Operators of cruiseships fitted with first-generation BWTS technology and which are revising their cruise itineraries to include US ports of call will need ...
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| GTT Receives Two New Orders from Hyundai Group
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| GTT has received two new orders from the Hyundai group concerning the tank design of two LNGCs offering a capacity of 180,000 m3, for the first and 174,000 m3, for the second, on behalf of two ship-owners which names remain confidential at this stage. The two LNGCs will be built in Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) shipyards in Korea. GTT's Mark III Flex membrane containment system has been selected to equip the tanks of the vessels, the deliveries of which are scheduled between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
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| Survitec Inks Deal to Market Evacuator Emergency Descent System
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| Survitec has signed a partnership agreement with Netherlands-based manufacturer Evacuator Worldwide for the global distribution rights to the pioneering emergency descent system introduced to the market in April. Evacuator, the world's first fire-proof and panic proof emergency descent system designed to evacuate people from heights of up to 300m, will be solely marketed and distributed by Survitec across all industry sectors. Survitec will also provide after-sales service, training and installation support to Evacuator customers. Eugene Verstegen, co-owner of Evacuator Worldwide and inventor of the system, said: "Demand for the Evacuator is now on a global scale. In partnering with Survitec we find the perfect platform to propel distribution of the Evacuator to the next level. We are now able to tap into the full breadth and knowledge of Survitec's worldwide sales, service and distribution network to ensure that all those working in high-rise structures, whether on land or sea, now have access to the ...
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| How Americas for Possible's CCO Embraces Her Competitive Spirit
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 While some creative and agency leaders can talk a good game about being inclusive both internally and in the work that they do for clients, Danielle Trivisonno Hawley, chief creative officer, Americas for Possible, prefers to walk that talk. Her leadership story started after graduating from creative portfolio school Creative Circus, when she found herself...
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| How 50-Year-Old Fla-Vor-Ice Became an Enduring American Summertime Staple
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 Among the many hardships endured by children undergoing cancer treatment is nausea--and the related difficulty of finding a food they can keep down. Fortunately, young patients at the Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, the Georgetown University Hospital and 123 other medical centers across the country can avail themselves of a simple snack that, more often...
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| Dynamic Podcasting Promos May Finally Be Nearing a Tipping Point
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 Podcasting pioneer Panoply took media watchers by surprise last fall when the Slate-born network shut down the entirety of its content operations to train its full focus on ad tech. The move underscored a long-extant mismatch at the heart of the podcasting boom: While content production has flourished into a glut of wide-ranging titles with...
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| Leading Women Took the Stage at Adweek's Women Trailblazers Event
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 On July 16, Adweek convened some of the most powerful women in media and advertising. Check out the best shots from the event as well as Adweek's upcoming events, if you want in on the action. (L. to r.) Shyama Puliyanda, senior director, Kantar; Mandy Rico, global director, Inclusion Index; Kantar's Anas Ghazi, head of...
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| U.S. Navy Reports "Unsafe" Flyby by Venezuelan Fighter
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| The U.S. Navy has accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of responsibility for a recent "unsafe" encounter between a Venezuelan fighter and a Navy maritime surveillance aircraft over the Caribbean. On July 19, an EP-3 Aries II aircraft was approached in international airspace by a Venezuelan Su-30 Flanker fighter in what the Navy described as an "unprofessional manner." The Navy said that after reviewing video footage of the incident, its officers determined that the fighter "aggressively shadowed" the EP-3 at an unsafe distance for a prolonged period of time. In a statement, the Navy echoed the Trump administration's position on the legitimacy of Maduro's government. The White House asserts that opposition leader Juan Guaido is the legitimate interim president of Venezuela until democratic elections can be held to find a permanent replacement. "The Maduro regime continues to undermine internationally-recognized laws and demonstrate its contempt for international agreements ...
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| Ocean Infinity Finds Long-Lost French Submarine
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| American deep sea search company Ocean Infinity has added to its string of high-profile finds by locating the lost French submarine Minerve, which went missing in the Mediterranean in 1968. "We have just found the Minerve. It's a success, a relief and a technical feat," said French defense minister Florence Parly in a Twitter post. "I think of the families who have been waiting for this moment so long." Minerve was a mid-size diesel-electric attack sub commissioned in 1964. She was involved in a sub-hunting exercise with a maritime patrol plane off Toulon, France on January 27, 1968 when she disappeared with all hands. Using a modern reconstruction of the tides, currents and circumstances at the time of the Minerve's loss, the search team narrowed the area for the hunt. Ocean Infinity's survey vessel Seabed Constructor arrived to begin the search last week, and she found the Minerve on Monday - achieving in five days what could not be done by multiple search teams in years past. The Ocean Infinity team ...
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