Deck Machinery

According to Norwegian company Rapp Hydema AS, an exhibitor at Bergen, the motors used to power today’s winches are oversized, overweight, and old technology. Recognising this, the company has researched other ways…

By increasing the working pressure from 47 to 64 bar Rauma Brattvaag says its BRH64 winch technology provides 30-45% increase in power from the same frame size, together with simpler and cheaper…

Norways Karmoy Winch is delivering the deck machinery for a new, 38-metre, combined purse seiner / trawler for the Scottish, Peterhead-based Lunar Fishing company.

Rapp Hydema has begun to penetrate the Russian market, supplying complete winching systems for two 90-foot combination vessels from the Russian Astrakhan yard for Russias OPC FC Udarnik.

Petrel of South Africa is offering a new deck system for tuna lifting which it says is faster and more efficient than the conventional boom mounted power block.

TECNICAS HIDRAULICAS will be delivering two complete MARCO shipsets including deck machinery, deck cranes, hydraulic pumping systems and controls next year 2005 to Astilleros Murueta and Construcciones Navales Freire for their hulls…

Wynn Marine has won the contract to supply the window wiper systems for three offshore patrol vessels (FOPV) currently under construction at Vosper Thornycroft, UK.

Italian marine crane manufacturer Sormec says the advanced technology and research that it undertakes guarantees its crane products against all influences from the sea environment.