Italian Navy Renewal The steel cutting ceremony of the vessels used for liquids (diesel fuel, LSS logistic support unit’s bow sec- jet fuel, fresh water) and solids (emer-tion was held at Fincantieri’s shipyard gency spare parts, food and ammuni-in Castellammare di Stabia. Construc- tions) and to perform at sea repairs and tion works of? cially started on the ? rst maintenance work for other vessels. unit, as provided in the renewal plan of The defense systems are limited to the the Italian Navy’s ? eet, which has been capacity of command and control in commissioned to Fincantieri. tactical scenarios, communications and The section is 94 x 24 meters x 16.3 dissuasive, nonlethal defense systems. m, weighing about 4,100 tons. In the The vessel is also capable of embark-coming months it will be launched and ing more complex defense systems and transported by sea to the shipyard in becoming an intelligence and electron-Muggiano (La Spezia), where it will ic war platform.www.? ncantieri.combe assembled to set up the entire unit with the stern section, whose steel cut-ting ceremony took place on February Vessel Main Particulars9 in the shipyard of Riva Trigoso (Se-N-KOMstri Levante, Genoa). The delivery of Length 165mSpeed 20 knotsthe LSS is scheduled in 2019.Capacity 200 peopleN-KOM Delivers Newbuild LiftboatThe LSS is a vessel that provides Replenishment stations 4 abeam, 1 asternlogistics support to the ? eet, endowed • Capacity to provide electricity to land with 2500 Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) reports that it has delivered its ? rst with hospital and healthcare capabili-kw of powerliftboat unit, Al Sa? iya, to Qatari rig operator Gulf Drilling International (GDI).ties thanks to the presence of a fully Al Sa? iya is the ? rst liftboat to be wholly constructed in Qatar at the Erhama Bin • Possibility of embarking up to eight residential and equipped hospital, complete with op-healthcare modulesJaber Al Jalahma shipyard The self-propelled and elevating unit has been customized erating rooms, radiology and analysis for operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in water depths • Capacity to perform rescues at sea, through recov-rooms, a dentist’s of? ce and hospi-ery and seabed operations (the ship is equipped with of up to 65m. Al Sa? iya liftboat is equipped with four tubular legs, a unique 200 ton tal rooms capable of hosting up to 12 an 30 tons offshore stabilized crane stabilized)leg encircling crane and a 50 tonne pedestal crane, a large open deck space of around seriously injured patients. The ship 800 sq. m., a helideck, and accommodation capacity for 130 persons. It can under-• Base for rescue operations through helicopters and is capable of combining capacity to special vessels.take a wide range of services such as well servicing, commissioning, maintenance transport and transfer to other transport and decommissioning of offshore platforms. The liftboat also allows for a specially designed gangway bridge to be used for emergency and other safety purposes.S G BHAFT ROUNDING RUSHESAre stray electrical currents destroying your bearings and seals??S ELF CLEANING?O PERATE DRY OR IN OIL?G / OLD SILVER BRISTLES?L ITTLE OR NO MAINTENANCE?C AN BE SERVICED DURING OPERATION?C AN ALSO TRANSMIT INSTRUMENT SIGNALS FROM ROTOR WITHOUTSPECIAL SLIPRINGS SOHRE TURBOMACHINERY®:::62+5(785%2&20?,1)2#62+5(785%2&203+?0216210$66$&+86(77686$Fincantieriwww.marinelink.com 71MR #3 (70-77).indd 71 3/3/2016 12:21:23 PM