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TECH FEATURE HEAVY LIFTERS

Photo below: Markey Machinery - Photo right: Greg Trauthwein

Above: Blaine Dempke (L) and Robert LeCoque started working with Markey as teenagers. They bought out the Markey family in 1999.

Right: Rolf Andreas Wingard, MD, Vestdavit in front of the PLR-5000 davit @ SMM Hamburg.

Blaine Dempke and LeCoque started working with Markey cussed the latest contract. “We won a big contract from Es- as teenagers and rose through the engineering department and vagt, the Danish shipowner who earlier this year ordered from machine shop ranks. They took over management of the com- Cemre Shipyard the world’s ? rst SOV to operate on green fu- pany in 1996 and bought out the Markey family in 1999. els under a joint newbuild project with Ørsted. Powered by

Dempke reports that “business has been good over the last batteries and dual-fuel engines, the 93m long vessel will be ca- year and looks positive moving forward.” While there are many pable of sailing on renewable e-methanol produced from wind projects in process, he speci? cally noted that two which are energy and biogenic carbon. Vestdavit was selected by Esvagt coming to fruition include equipment for Seaspan vessels being to provide a total of ? ve davit systems for the vessel - two built at Sanmar Shipyards; plus design and production for a suite large FF-30000 dual-point workboat davits featuring a unique of Class III AGILE Escort & Tow Winches for Signet Maritime. solution for ? exible hook distance, as well as a pair of L-3500

Vestdavit made a splash SMM in Hamburg in September liferaft davits and one PLRH-5000 davit for fast rescue craft.” showcasing a full-size PLR-5000 davit on its stand. Normally Overall, Wingard sees strong potential in the rebounding oil mounted on the decks of naval or coastguard vessels for launch and gas market, the emerging offshore wind market, and espe- of smaller craft, the davit sports a 5000kg lifting capacity. cially in the naval market.

The year 2021 was a strong sales year for the company, “(A boost in) naval and coastguard ship building started way including a pair of signature orders. Vestdavit booked an or- before the war in Ukraine, with Trump pushing NATO coun- der with the Norwegian Coast Guard (NCG) for a total of six tries to increase their military spending and with the Chinese

PLR-5003KV systems being supplied for a series of three Jan being aggressive in the China Sea and Paci? c area, military

Mayen-class polar patrol vessels now under construction at spending has gone up,” said Wingard. “There are a lot of pro-

Norway’s Vard Langsten yard, of which the ? rst is due for de- grams with naval ships, warships, and patrol ships where boat livery this year. Each of the newbuild will have two specially handling becomes an important capability. We are involved in designed PLR systems intended to meet the NCG’s require- more projects than we have ever been in all our major mar- ment for 330 days a year of operational availability in up to kets, and the major markets being the NATO countries and

Sea State 5 and temperatures as low as -25C. what you can call the Western world, (including) Australia,

Rolf Andreas Wingard, Managing Director, Vestdavit, dis- New Zealand, and Japan.

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