Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery

Offshore and Arctic application drive innovation

Taken from: Marine Propulsion & Auxiliary Machinery June/July 2012


Electric and hydraulic winches that assist the work of ultra-deepwater and research vessels, together with a variety of state-of-the-art offshore cranes, are revealing the trend toward more sophisticated, multi-functional, cost-effective and greener lifting appliances. “The market demand is there for bigger vessels and bigger cranes, and we think there will be several contracts this year,” said Frode Grøvan, sales and marketing director for Cargotec’s offshore load hand....

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