Cruise and Specialist Orders Boost Schat-Harding
08 November 2004
Leading lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding has reported strong order books for lifeboats and davits in the third quarter of 2004. Orders totalling US$16 million were booked, with demand strong from passenger ships, offshore rigs, LNG and ice-class tankers and naval vessels.
“Owners who demand high quality lifesaving appliances turn to Schat-Harding,” explains Per Einar Gjerding, sales manager. “That is why when there is an upturn in contracting for passenger vessels and for specialist ships, Schat-Harding sees increased demand for its lifeboat and davit systems.”
Key passenger ship orders included six CTL38 cruise tenders and 14 MPC32 compact cruise lifeboats with PD davits for two MSC newbuildings at Chantiers de l’Atlantique, eight MPC32 boats and VIP davits for a series of ropax building at Italy’s Visenti yard, and two MPC32 boats with davits for the lengthening of the RCCL Enchantment of the Seas.
Offshore orders included two KISS800 systems for the Atwood Beacon rig, four KISS boats and davits for Pemex and two MCB 600 boats for the Dolphin Energy project.
Specialist orders include four MCB28 boats and davits for a Russian icebreaker and four KISS700 boats and davits for two icebreakers to be built at Norway’s Havyard Leirvik and two MCB24 boats for the LNG carrier building for Kristen Navigation at Korea’s Daewoo yard. The Portuguese navy has also ordered Schat-Harding davits for its ten-ship Offshore Patrol Vessel series.
Schat-Harding has the world’s biggest installed range of lifeboats and davits, and the major global network to match. It supports a number of different ranges of boats, davits and other lifesaving products which are installed on a high proportion of the world fleet, as well as the majority of cruise ships. Brands now supported by Schat-Harding include Watercraft, Waterman, Fiskars, Davit-Company, William Mills Marine, Schat, Harding and Mulder & Rijke. It has recently formally opened its Chinese boat factory at Qingdao and will be expanding production of boats for Chinese, Japanese and Korean merchant shipyards and standard ship types.
