Soren T. Lyngso A/S of Copenhagen recently received orders totaling about $821,000 for shipboard automation equipment. One order of approximately $448,000 is for electronic automation equipment that will be installed in four ships under construction at the Puerto Real yard of Astilleros Espanoles S.A. for Polish Ocean Line. It includes complete alarm system with video screen and printer, automatic control equipment for the shaft and diesel generators, and a large number of gauges.
The other order, amounting to about $373,000, is for use in three ships being built at Oresunds Shipyard in Landskrona, Sweden, for Phs. Van Ommeren of Netherlands. The automation equipment for these ships consists of STL's remote control system RCS 990 with an electronic governor and an alarm system with video screen and printer.