Vestdavit aims to make a big splash at Nor-Shipping by showcasing an actual full-size PLR-5000 davit on its corporate stand at the upcoming maritime exhibition in Norway.
Normally mounted on the decks of naval or coastguard vessels for launch of smaller craft, the impressive davit with 5000kg lifting capacity is set to have similar pulling power with the expo crowd to that seen in the market as sales of the PLR have surged over the past few years.
“This will be the largest-ever davit we have put on display at a major exhibition - more than twice the size of one we brought to ONS back in 2014 - and we are very excited to see the response this will receive at our new-look stand,” says Bjørnar Dahle, Business Development Director at the Norwegian davit specialist.
PLR systems
Vestdavit is rightly proud of the PLR davit type after earlier winning a prestigious order with the Norwegian Coast Guard (NCG) for a total of six PLR-5003KV systems being supplied for a series of three Jan Mayen-class polar patrol vessels now under construction at Norway’s Vard Langsten yard, of which the first is due for delivery this year.
Each of the newbuilds, contracted at a total cost of Nkr5 billion ($550 million), will have installed onboard two specially designed PLR systems intended to meet the NCG’s requirement for 330 days a year of operational availability in up to Sea State 5 and temperatures as low as -25C.
MissionEase concept
In addition, Vestdavit is delivering a TDB-10000L boat-handling system as well as a wagon-based boat transfer system, based on its innovative MissionEase concept, for each of the newbuilds.
Once delivered, Vestdavit will have more than 21 PLR systems in service with the NCG, in addition to 21 systems already operating for the UK’s Royal Navy, to give a total of over 40 installed systems, all of which have come online over the past eight years or so.