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Delivery of the HR 2050/35-2BJ main crane from Heila

Cranes to be in- stalled on the polar re- search vessel Sir Da- vid Attenborough is expected shortly.

The custom-designed renewable ser- vice vessel Voe Vanguard is capable of servicing not only wind farms but also a wide range of other activities with its

HS.MARINE-supplied combined knuckle and telescopic boom cranes. (Photo supplied by HS.MARINE/Damen Shipyard) top corner ? tting’s top aperture, the swivel eye allows The HN-9000 davits are designed to be able to

Tandemloc: Emergency Gear for a variety of sling pendants to be attached, and the launch and recover boats in very rough weather up to

Lifting equipment specialist Tandemloc’s ‘Emer- gency Gear’ is a versatile lifting system that consists shoe is locked onto the spreader frame’s bayonets, sea state 6. This is accomplished by a variety of safe- of an adapter shoe with swivel, a sling pendant and a making what was once a dif? cult and potentially un- ty features in the davit design, including dual inde- top lift lug that can be used to lift damaged or ‘stuck’ safe lift much easier and signi? cantly safer. pendent winches with independent constant tension.

Further information: www.tandemloc.com Each davit arm is out? tted with a shock absorber, containers. Despite the many precautions and ad- which eliminates up to 80 percent of peak loads from vances made in the container cargo handling industry, the davit, the deck and the survey launch, resulting in

Vestdavit: Delivering for NOAA accidents still happen and cargo containers shift or

Vestdavit, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Norwegian a much smoother ride in the davit. Two guiding arms receive damage during their transportation which can make it very dif? cult for spreader lifting frames to davit manufacturer Vestdavit AS, delivered two of the on the davit act as anti-pendulum devices and stabi- safely remove the damaged or stuck container from company’s HN-9000 davit systems to the U.S. Na- lize the survey launch during the launch and recovery tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship process. The davit is controlled by a PLC that enables the transportation vehicle.

Tandemloc’s Emergency Gear is designed to assist Thomas Jefferson based out of Norfolk, Virginia. The it to be operated with pre-programmed sequences, the spreader frame when container removal becomes HN-9000 is a hydraulically operated dual-point davit allowing the davit operator to focus attention on the with a 9,000 kg SWL and the two davits are being boat and its crew. The davit is operated by only one more complex than usual. Used as an accessory at- used to launch and recover two 28’ hydrographic sur- person.

tachment to a spreader frame’s bayonets, the Emer- gency Gear’s shoe swivels and provides the end-user vey launches. When out on a mission, the NOAA of- Vestdavit delivered its ? rst davit system to the ten needs to operate survey launches on a daily basis, NOAA in 1995 and now has 20 davits in operation with a 22,000 lb capacity or 88,000 lb maximum when four shoes are used with a spreader rated for such a which means that the davits are essential equipment with the agency spread out over several ships, the load. Simple-to-use top lift lugs are inserted into the that support the ship’s mission. HN-9000 being the most advanced davit in use in the www.marinelink.com 67

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