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With the development of fast and light workboats there’s been a need for windlass equipment that avoids impacting operations or the hull’s action in the water.

As anyone who’s been involved in a wiring project knows there may well be the odd bit of cable left over.

“Fibre rope has been the missing link in deepwater installation,” says Erik Van der Woude of Royal IHC.

Preparing a drillship for a 9,000 mile lift from Singapore to Gabon, Africa came complete with a few challenges caused by the sheer scale of the cargo explains Peter Wilson, naval architect…

Beyond a simple ‘heavy lift’ capability Rolldock’s fleet centres on flexibility: the recent 151m, 8,000dwt ST-class addition from the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) yard is no exception.

Spanish company Fluidmecanica has supplied a towing equipment package for the 44m multipurpose tug ‘Kwanza’, destined for the Maritime and Port Institute of Angola in West Africa.