Palfinger Marine and Harding Safety has signed a contract to provide deck equipment for two fishing vessels built at Tersan Shipyard in Istanbul, Turkey.
Each vessel will be equipped with two Palfinger knuckle boom cranes, one A-frame fast rescue boat davit and one fast rescue bo[ds_preview]at. Harding Safety, which was acquired by Palfinger in June of this year, will be supplying the fast rescue boats. According to Palfinger this contract represents the first results of the joining forces strategy.
The cranes were sold by Marsis, Palfinger Marine’s long-time partner in Turkey. The PKM 250 knuckle boom crane has a max. outreach of 12 m, a lifting capacity of 2 t and is designed for general cargo handling. The PRHE 25 A-frame fast rescue boat davit offers a safe working load of 27.5 t with a maximum hoisting speed of 18.8 m/min. The fast rescue boats type FRB 610 60 HP offer a maximum seating of eight persons and 22 kn maximum speed.
The delivery of the equipment to Tersan Shipyard is scheduled in June and July 2017.
