Powerful Towing Winches for UAE Tugs

01 Oct 2003

Ridderinkhof BV of the Netherlands recently supplied bespoke towing winches for the anchor handling tugs Wassay and Jabbar, built by Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem for Gulf Services Office in Abu Dhabi. 

The £1 Million Load Lifter

01 Oct 2003

Great Yarmouth Stevedoring faced a difficult task last month when required to unload a 20m long, 89 tonne drilling rig valued at £1 million from the hold of a cargo ship. They consulted Lifting Gear Hire, which specified a pair of 50 tonne Modular Lifting Beams plus wire rope slings to ensure safe carriage for the valuable load. 

Davit Drives Smooth RNLI Operations

01 Oct 2003

Drives and motors from ABB are helping the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution to launch its fast inshore lifeboats quickly and safely. 

New Carriers Lift Liverpool's Productivity

01 Oct 2003

Work is underway at the Port of Liverpool's Seaforth Container Terminal on assembling the first of six new Noell straddle carriers. The machines were purchased by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to handle increased traffic generated by three new lines and organic growth among established services. 

Knuckleboom Cranes Groomed for Europort Launch

01 Oct 2003

Italian crane manufacturer Effer will introduce a new range of small and medium sized knuckleboom cranes at Europort 2003 on Stand 1001 in the Europahal, which will be occupied by their Dutch dealer Promac BV. 

Deepwater Winch Delivery Underway

01 Oct 2003

Bodewes Winches has delivered a second series of storage winches for installation on GlobalSantaFe's Development Driller ll, the second of two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling units under construction at the PPL Shipyard in Singapore. 

Wynn Marine's Clean Screens at Europort

01 Oct 2003

Marine window wiping systems manufacturer Wynn Marine will use Europort 2003 to showcase its new stand alone window washing system and its digital Series 3000 Network Controller. 

Broad Range of Deck Equipment Debuts at Europort

01 Oct 2003

Lemans Nederland BV, Dutch specialist suppliers of deck equipment and lifting gear, will be showing a broad range of products on their stand at Europort, which will be shared with Nieuwpoort Belgium, whom they represent in the Netherlands.