PECM Issue 21 2016 | Page 68

Canadian Passenger Ferry Equipped with Glamox LED Lighting M V Veteran, the first of two as offering excellent heat management Their rudders, hull and propellers are new 80-metre, Ice Class, roll- and low energy consumption. therefore strengthened and fitted with on, roll-off passenger ferries extra thick plating to cope with the heavy, By using the latest LED technology, harsh winter conditions. Both ferries can routes in Newfoundland and Labrador in the FL60 floodlights offer a virtually operate in harsher conditions than the Canada, has been equipped with a range maintenance-free solution for all high current vessels operating these routes. of lighting solutions from Glamox. The new intensity lighting requirements. The FL60 It is hoped that the improved reliability state-of-the-art ferry is named in honour of is available as a four-module version will promote business and tourism in the all those who have served in the Canadian and is an excellent choice of luminaire region. armed forces, past, present and future. for demanding applications where that will service island illumination over longer distances is The two vessels are being constructed required. The FL60 operates in ambient by Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania, temperatures ranging from -30ºC to +45ºC. at a cost of around 50 million Canadian dollars each. MV Veteran has already been completed and was officially put into service in December 2015. The sister ship, MV Legionnaire, is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2016. MV Veteran and MV Legionnaire are both equipped with lighting solutions from Glamox. Each vesse l has more than 900 luminaires installed from Glamox, Other lighting solutions supplied by Glamox include the 70M series of double lens navigation lights, LED linear lighting for the main car deck, explosion-proof Ex e fluorescent light fittings for Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas, fluorescent recessed ceiling lights for the wheelhouse, passageways, stairways, entrances and crew accommodation areas. A truly global project MV Veteran is the first vessel design that stems from a Canadian-Danish partnership between Fleetway and Knud E. Hansen. The ferry is built in Romania by Damen Shipyards for Canadian authorities, and is equipped with lighting produced in Germany by Norwegian-owned Glamox Aqua Signal, installed by a Dutch technology company, and now locally supported by Glamox Canada, based in St John’s, Newfoundland. Glamox AS The Glamox Group is a global organisation with 1300 employees and sales and production in several European countries, as well as in Asia and North America. The annual turnover is EUR 268 million (2014). The Group owns a range of quality lighting brands including Glamox, Aqua Signal, Luxo, Høvik Lys and Norselight. Glamox is committed to meeting customer needs and expectations by providing quality products and solutions, service and which range from energy-efficient LED MV Veteran will service both Fogo luminaires, including a high number of Island and Change Island – the second 1445 LED waterproof, multi-purpose busiest route in the province, moving luminaires. The vessels’ floodlights are approximately 169,000 passengers powerful Glamox FL60 series floodlights annually. MV Legionnaire will operate on with long-life LED light sources. The FL60 the busy short-haul route from Portugal Spot beam floodlights are mounted on Cove to Bell Island. Since this region is the bridge wings (rear facing) and provide located near the Arctic, the vessels have to instantaneous, high intensity light, as well manouvre in drifting ice at a speed of up to 4 knots. 68 PECM Issue 21 support. www.glamox.com/gmo