ORTS Maschinenfabrik - Ship and Dredger Grabs

Founded in 1972 as an engineering office and consultancy company, ORTS specialises in the construction of marine grabs (its main business), and nearly all types of bulk-handling equipment.

Initially, the company only carried out construction and sales, and the manufacturing of all appliances took place at companies known by Mr. Eng. Sigvard F. Orts personally from his former employment.

In 1974 manufacturing began to be concentrated at Franz Neumann Maschinenfabrik's Sereetz workshop. Then, in 1985, Eng. Sigvard F. Orts took over the company, renaming it ORTS Maschinenfabrik.

RANGE OF MARINE GRABS

Based on his widespread and specialist experience, Eng. Sigvard F. Orts has developed and constructed some of the biggest grabs ever built.

ORTS' range of ship grabs and accessories includes:

• Mechanical rope grabs
• Electro-hydraulic grabs
• Remote controlled diesel-hydraulic grabs
• Wood grabs (for wood bundles or wood logs)
• Dredger grabs
• Salvage grabs
• Crane equipment for operating electro-hydraulic grabs
• Cargo-turners
• Special constructions for cargo handling

Other constructions we supply are heavy-lift beams, flat-traverse frames, and spreaders.

SPECIALISED SHIP-GRABS

Specially-constructed grabs include an oil-salvage grab for recovering row-oil from the water surface (after ship accidents).

Also, in the early 1980s ORTS produced the first grabs with 100% enclosed buckets and a 115t dead-weight salvage grab for ship- wrecks. This grab is successfully working in the Suez Channel.

CUSTOMISED SHIP-GRABS

ORTS can also provide grabs specifically tailored to customer specifications.

DREDGING GRABS

The biggest dredging grabs were constructed by ORTS for St. Petersburg, Russia (60t and 80t dead weight), in the mid-1980s, and they are still in successful operation.

SEA-GOING VESSEL GRABS

ORTS' main customers are shipping companies, where the grabs have to stand the rough conditions on sea-going vessels, charging and discharging the vessel in every corner of the world.

MARINE GRAB REPAIR

Repairs on grabs from other manufacturers have also been successfully carried out many times by ORTS.

SPARE PARTS FOR GRABS

At the end of the 1990s, ORTS acquired the last drawings from the bankrupt grab manufacturer ZGS (former VEB Schmiede und Schweißwerk Zwickau), the leading grab manufacturer in the former East Germany (GDR / DDR). If drawings are available, ORTS is able to provide former ZGS customers with spare parts for their grabs.

EXTENSIVE SHIP-GRAB EXPERIENCE

In the last 35 years ORTS has constructed (and – since 1985 – also self-manufactured), several thousand grabs. This provides us with a wealth of specialist grab-construction experience.

COST-EFFECTIVE GRABS

Counted over the lifetime of a grab, ORTS grabs are the best-priced grabs available. They are reliable, provide the best efficiency, powerful and have low spare-part consumption.