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If winches, capstans and hoists are not the most exciting part of the marine industry, then it is also true that these critical devices span all manners of waterborne applications. And, it doesn?t matter what aspect of the business your particular  rm is in ? salvage, towing, research, ship assist, etc. ? there?s an application made to speci cally  t your needs. Right here at home, three manufacturers servicing the wide array of inland and near coastal needs have each done so for more than 100 years. All of them today continue to deliver cutting edge products for speci c sectors. This month, MarineNews examines emerging and innovative technologies for the oceanographic / research sectors, inland towing and ever-present need for robust capstan applications. Each has its place on deck, backed by decades of reliability, fresh ideas and grateful customers. MARKEY MACHINERY ?S CAST6-125 DEEP SEA RESEARCH WINCHESSeattle-based Markey Machinery Company is today one of the most recognizable deck machinery companies in the country. The  rm takes its roots back to 1907, when Charles Markey, fresh from a two-year trading expedition on the Alaska and Siberian coast, started up the C.H. Markey Machinery Company, a general contracting company serving both the marine and logging industries. That effort set the stage for today?s Markey Machinery Company. During World War II, Markey built new steel fabricating and machine shops in two new plants in order to handle the massive government contracts awarded to the company. Markey regularly built capstans and windlasses for small Jeep carriers as well as for Liberty ships. Demand was so great that at this time Markey had 400 employees on the payroll. In 1996, Markey passed the presidency over to Blaine W. Dempke, a draftsman and an engineer with 18 years of experience behind him. Eventually, Dempke and Robert A. LeCoque acquired the business from the Markey family in 2001. Markey has also been supporting the oceanography industry since WWII. It was, then, perhaps no surprise that Markey was recently awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries. This award furthers a plan to renew America?s aging  eet of academic research vessels and Markey?s participation continues the company?s strong tradition as a supplier of deck machinery for these vessels, having previously supplied equipment to the AGOR-14 ?Melville? (SIO), AGOR-15 ?Knorr? (WHOI), AGOR-22 ?Moana Wave? (retired), AGOR-23 ?Thomas G. Thompson? (UW), AGOR-24 ?Roger Revelle? (SIO), AGOR-25 ?Atlantis? (WHOI), and the AGOR-NOAA vessel ?Ron Brown.? Markey joins the team of Dakota Creek Industries and Guido Perla Associates as ship board handling systems integrator during the competitive design phase for the vessel in 2010. The scope of the order is for one ship set, including Steeped in Tradition: Steeped in Tradition: Anchored on Deck MarineNews takes a look a three winch manufacturers, collectively drawing on more than 400 combined years of experience. Each, in its own way, brings safety, quality and trademarked innovation to the marine industries.CAST6-125 in the assembly area of Markey?s factory during successful testing 48 MNJuly 2012