Beacon Finland Ltd.




	The JAK® coupling system of "Tarpon" five years in service Ms. Tuija Hörkkö, Managing Director of Beacon Finland, and Mr. Timo Rintala, Technical Director of the company were present in Tampa, Florida, where the 5-year-inspection of the JAK® coupling system of Penn Maritime's tug "Tarpon" took place. "Both we at Beacon Finland and our customer, Penn Maritime, were happy with the results. The coupling system is working perfectly, and there were for instance no signs of wearing or corrosion", says Mr. Rintala. For more information, please contact Mr. Timo Rintala, Technical Director, timo.rintala@beaconfinland.com The JAK® coupling system celebrates 10 years of action The original JAK® coupling system by Beacon has reached an honorable age of 10 years. The system was assembled on K-Sea’s ATB "Kara Sea"&”Spring Creek” in 2001, and since then the vessel has among other things crossed the Atlantic Ocean for a total of six times. The original first generation version of the JAK® coupling system is still in use on the "Kara Sea"& “Spring Creek”. It served as a prototype for its successors, the current model being the third generation version. For more information, please contact Mr. Timo Rintala, Technical Director timo.rintala@beaconfinland.com JAK®-ATB Coupling Systems installed during 2007 During 2007 a number of JAK®-ATB Coupling Systems has been installed to the tugs and barges of Reinauer transportation, Penn Maritime and K-Sea transportation. Force Measurements on JAK®-ATB Coupling System Measurements to define the connection forces during operation are in progress in cooperation with University of Oulu. The measurement system has been attached to a JAK®-400 cylinder. Results are expected during year 2007. Second JAK®-200 System Installed The second JAK®-200 system was installed on the Davis Sea & DBL 27 and was set in operation in September 2006. One more JAK®-400 Coupling System in Operation Penn Maritime's tug-barge “Tarpon & Potomac” fitted with JAK®-400 system was taken in use in September 2006. Last of PKL's Quintet in Operation PKL’s fifth of the five tugs series, named “Vega” was set in operation in Tallinn in June 2006.