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DMW Marine Group

DMW Knows Cranes

DMW Marine Group, in business since 1995, is strictly vessels, aquaculture, yachts, police and ? re departments, etc. a marine crane company, supplying shipbuilders and ship- for over 30 years, and Weidner counts the company’s lon- owners throughout the global maritime sector. gevity, track record, quality, competitive pricing and spare

Headquartered in Chester Springs, Pa., with additional parts availability as key to its success. “We’ve been in busi- manufacturing sites in Houston, Spain, Italy and Scotland, ness so long, and many of our competitors have gone out of the ? rm tallies about 50% of its business in the U.S., accord- business—especially over the past ? ve years. The people that ing to the company’s president Doug Weidner, who says he own our cranes know that our quality is second to none.” sees the market improving stateside after a prolonged indus- Over this past year, DMW has supplied marine cranes to try downturn. “Right now, there are two markets in particu- several university research vessels, offshore wind companies, lar that have surged: offshore wind and offshore drilling.” U.S. Navy contractors, megayachts and offshore oil drillers.

“We know the oil and gas business very well, having “Our most popular cranes are the folding knuckle delivered hundreds of cranes into that market,” Weidner booms. And we’ve also started building a lot of the knuckle said. “Offshore wind is a new market, and a lot of existing booms that have one knuckle and totally fold up. They’re oil and gas vessels are being converted for offshore wind very popular offshore. In fact, we’re delivering two to Bra- services. Many of those doing the converting are our old zil this month (October) for offshore oil.” customers who know our products well and are now re- Weidner said that improving markets have given the turning to us.” Weidner noted DMW recently secured two company reason to build more cranes for inventory, and orders in the offshore wind space, including a new crane as that having equipment in stock was crucial to securing the well as a completely refurbished crane from a decommis- Brazilian contract, while another big helper came from a sioned drillship that’s been redesigned for offshore wind. recent agreement with Proxima Innovation to handle busi-

DMW Marine Group has been supplying marine cranes ness in Brazil and Latin America. Additionally, DMW has of all types, to the military, offshore petroleum producers recently appointed Miami-based Technonaval as its repre- and service providers, oceanographic survey and research sentative in Florida, Panama, Ecuador and Greece.

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