MacGregor to Supply Esvagt SOV with Davits

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won new davit orders from Spanish shipyard Astilleros Zamakona which are destined for a service operation vessel (SOV) owned by Esvagt AS.

According to MacGregor, the vessel will feature one of the company’s largest davits, a 15-tonne lifting capacity MacGregor HMD G150 system designed for daughter craft, and a smaller six-tonne capacity HMD A60-type davit, designed for man-overboard/rescue and workboats. The davits will transfer technicians, tools and spares as part of their offshore wind farm duties.

Equipment deliveries are scheduled for November 2018.

“We are glad to continue our cooperation with Zamakona and Esvagt with the delivery of these advanced davit systems to a growing and interested market,” said Høye G. Høyesen, Vice President, Advanced Offshore Solutions, MacGregor.

“Esvagt already knows and trusts our davits, operating a large number in its fleet, so this order speaks volumes for their performance and reliability.”

The HMD G150 davit includes a high-speed constant-tensioning winch system, a shock-absorbing system, an automatic parking cradle for daughter craft, as well as an anti-pendulum system which, together with an adjustable painter-line boom and a guiding system, ensures the safe launch-and-recovery of daughter craft in rough weather conditions, MacGregor said.

The A60 davit includes a high-speed constant-tensioning winch system, a shock-absorbing system, a guiding system and an automatic parking cradle, the company said, adding that both davits will meet the shipowner’s standards for noise and vibration limits.

“The contract highlights our long and successful reputation for delivering advanced launch-and-recovery systems and our ability to offer equipment that is ideally suited to meet the needs of operators serving the offshore wind energy market,” said Bjørnar Bakke, Sales Manager, MacGregor.

“We have delivered over a thousand davit systems and have seen significant orders for them in 2017. This is mainly because of our strong reputation, but also because we are able to adapt our products, proven in mature markets such as the offshore oil and gas industry, to meet the needs of new ones such as the renewable energy sector.”