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2012
Service Training – 11/12
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Japan, UAE, Brasil, Great Britain and Singapur.
They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
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Service Training – 09/12
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from France, USA, Greece, Poland, Australia and Malaysia.
They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for November 2012.
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SMM 2012 – 07/12
Join us at this exhibition.
Service Training – 05/12
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland, USA, The Netherlands, Brazil and Germany.
They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for September 2012.
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Windforce 2012 – 04/12
di will be exhibiting at Windforce 2012. For the first time, Windforce will be in Bremen from 26 - 29 June 2012.
Please visit our booth (K40) at Windforce 2012 .
Service Training – 03/12
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Panama, France, Russia and UAE.They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for June 2012.
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Highly specialised project for Russia – 02/12
We supplied a rescue boat davit system for a Russian naval vessel; space was very limited, and so the project called for exceptional technical expertise from our engineering department.
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New assembly hall comes to life – 01/12
Production commenced in our new assembly hall just in time for the start of this year, with four mobile cranes ensuring a seamless production process. The new adjoining office building will be finished in a few weeks, and will be home to the aftersales and engineering departments.
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2011
Service Training – 11/11
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Italy, USA, Brasil and Germany. They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for February 2012.
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We invest in future! – 08/11
davit international is expanding at his location in Sulingen/Germany. A new production and assembly hall with integrated office will be ready until end of this year. The ground breaking ceremony was fulfilled by Mr. Joachim Wiese and Mr. Ulrich Stabenow.
Significant order from Russia for 31 newbuildings – 07/11
New order from our longstanding customers in Russia fill our orderbooks for the next years. Life-saving equipment and hose handling crane for these tanker vessels will be delivered by davit international.
Successful test of cranes for German Navy – 07/11
The new generation of knuckleboom cranes, type C-SH.K, was tested at our new testplatform under participation of our customer and GL-classification society representatives.
Lifting capacity will be 240kN at 23,5m outreach and 60kN at 26m outreach.
Service Training - 06/11 – 06/11
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Turkey, Poland and Brasil. They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for September 2011 with participants from India, England, Spain and Brasil.
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We will exhibit at following Tradeshows 2011 – 01/11
- CASPIAN Oil+Gas, 07.-10. June, Baku, Aserbaidschan
- BALTEXPO, 06.-08. September, Gdansk, Poland
- NEVA, 20.-23. September, St.Petersburg, Russia
- KORMARINE, 26.-29. October, Busan, Korea
Offshore crane for new trafoplatform at wind park "Borkum West II" – 01/11
We are proud to deliver for the next new wind park project "Borkum West II" an offshore store- and man riding crane. The platform will be installed in the North Sea / Germany.
2010
Order for World largest Ropax Ferry for Tunisia – 12/10
We are proud to receive the order for life-saving equipment of new ferry for COTUNAV, Tunisia. The vessel is world largest Ropax Ferry and will be built in KOREA at DSME.
Our package includes 10 pcs. life-saving systems - davits and boats.
Special davit systems for 300 persons boats – 12/10
The next two newbuildings for Norwegian Cruise Line at MEYER Werft Papenburg, Germany will be fitted out with our equipment. These large cruiseliners will get 10 pcs. lifeboat davit systems, 6 pcs. life/tenderboat davit systems.
Service Training – 11/10
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Russia, Singapore, Italy, France, Turkey and Brasil. They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for March 2011.
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Aftersales Service now BG-Verkehr approved – 11/10
We are now German flag state approved by BG Verkehr (former See-BG).
Subject of this new admission is periodically servicing of launching appliances and on-load release gear.
Our service engineers can maintain life-saving systems according IMO 1206/Rev.1 and IMO 1277 on german flagged vessels.
New order from Norway for 2 RoPax Ferries – 10/10
We are supplier for all life-saving systems on board. Each vessel will be equipped with four lifeboat davits with mechanical stored power, one fast rescueboat davit and one rescueboat davit. The vessels will be built at Bergen Group Fosen, Norway, and the shipping line is Fjord Line.
Service Training – 10/10
The latest maintenance and repair Service Training took place with participants from Italy, Tunisia, USA, Poland and Germany. They are now authorized to service our entire product range.
The next service training is planned for November.
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SMM 2010 REVIEW – 09/10
- Large interest in our displayed aluminium crane. Several customers asked for the possibilities with aluminium material.
- Our new fixed offshore model causes inquiries for new offshore projects in oil and gas as well as for wind offshore turbines.
- New order during exhibition from our long lasting customer MNP, Russia. The package includes the complete life-saving equipment.
- Our new field of activity: Lifting appliances for wind turbines and offshore platforms which were successfully presented
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Successful testing - cranes for river cruising vessels – 08/10
We have successfully designed, built and tested new store/, gangway handling/, provision cranes for 5 star river cruising vessels. The first of these vessels has already left the yard for his test run.
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New winch-test-tower inaugurated – 07/10
The development is going on in davit international.
Due to new winch design from our own engineering office for handling of lifeboats up to more than 300 persons, we have invested in design and construction of a more powerful test-tower with a test-height of 27m and a SWL of more than 30 tons. Now the test conditions especially for offshore and cruise liner winches have improved.
Service Training – 06/10
The next Service Training will take place in week 25/10 with participants from Egypt, Korea, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands. They will get the authorization to service all our products.
New rules for life-saving equipment from 1. July 2010 – 06/10
The new regulations according to Solas Annex 7-Resolution MSC.272(85) indicates a higher weight (82,5kg) of each person in a life- or freefall boat. According to the new regulations d-i has to renew all existing certificates which will be completed until 30. June 2010.
Delivery of world largest ROPAX Ferry for STENA LINE – 05/10
We are proud to be the supplier of lifesaving systems and boats on this new Ferry "Stena Hollandica". Scope of supply: 4 lifeboat davit systems, 1 fast rescueboat davit system with MOR,1 rescueboat crane with wave compensation and all boats.
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d-i starts alu-production – 04/10
for rescueboat cranes up to SWL 12,5 kN (light version). Beginning of January 2010 we have started the production of cranes, made of aluminium, for rescueboat/workboat/liferaft/ store provision handling.
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Exhibitions 2010 – 02/10
This year we will exhibit at following shows:
– Abu Dhabi Yachtshow, Abu Dhabi 25.-27.02.10
– SMM 2010 Hamburg, Germany 07.-10.09.10
Service Training – 02/10
The next Service Training will take place in week 08/10 with participants from Greece, Germany, Australia, Poland, Russia and Kasachstan. They will get the authorization to service all our products.
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2009
Windlift I - Name Giving Ceremony – 07/09
The "ship's christening" of „Windlift I“ took place at Western Shipbuilding Yard in Klaipeda on 25 June 2009. This kind of Jack-up-Platform was designed by BARD engineering group to install wind turbines in the North Sea. It has a length of 102 meters and a width of 36 meters. Davit international has delivered two lifeboat davit systems, one fast rescue boat davit system including all boats and an auxiliary crane.
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NEW ORDER of AUSTAL Ships - Australia – 06/09
Austal Ships, Australia has ordered a special electrical slewing type rescueboat davit from davit-international for the new High Speed Passenger vessel AUTO EXPRESS 102.
This new Ro-Ro vessel has a length of 102 metres. It is able to carry 245 cars and about 1000 persons.
NEW ORDER of MEYERWERFT Papenburg – 05/09
Once again, Meyerwerft in Papenburg has ordered 24 innovative davit systems for two big cruise liners from davit international. The vessels belong to a group of 5 cruise liners for Celebrity Cruises (Miami, USA), a subsidary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
The order includes 16 lifeboat davit systems, 6 life- / tender boat davit systems and 2 rescue boat davits for each vessel.
The first vessel will be delivered in 2010 and the second in 2011.
New employees – 04/09
We would like to welcome our new employees Johannes Pieper / engineering department and Arturo Castillo / after sales department.
Successful Prototype test – Davitsystem lifeboat for 270 persons – 03/09
davit international successfully completed a prototype test for a new generation of davit systems. Launching procedures and weight aspects were tested for lifeboats, which can carry up to 270 persons.
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New Managing Director – 03/09
On February 1st, 2009, Mr. Ulrich Stabenow was appointed Managing Director of davit international. In the future, he will run the company together with the existing Managing Director, Mr. Fritz Hische.
New Order – 03/09
davit international has received a new order from Kraljevica/Croatia for the complete lifesaving equipment (boats and davits) of the Passenger Container Vessel -Desgagnés-.
This new vessel belongs to a Canadian Shipowner.
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2008
davit international has been nominated for SEATRADE AWARD 2009 – 11/08
Thanks to our new davit system, type D-NPS.SP.35 for rescue- and workboats, d-i davit international gmbh has been nominated for Seatrade Award 2009; it has a working load of 35kN and a stored power unit. This smooth and slim A-Frame davit possesses an anti-pendulum system with docking head to absorb heavy roll and pitch movements during turning-out and turning-in of the boat. All mounted parts require very low maintenance.
This unique davit system has been put into service on the "Planet", a special SWATH vessel, owned by the German Government.
Service Training – 11/08
The next Service Training will take place with participants from France, Greece, Italy, UAE, Turkey and Estland. They will get the authorization to service all our products.
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Conversion of "Empress of the Sea" (built 1990) to "Empress" – 10/08
The renovated and renamed cruiseliner "Empress of the Sea, now belongs to Pullmann Tours.
For another safety modification davit international receives the order for 4 new life-tender boat davits.
Successful SMM Exhibition – 09/08
"Thank you" to all our customers, agents and service stations for visiting our stand at SMM 08 in Hall B5.
It was a successful exhibition with many interesting and important discussions and meetings.
New apprentice – 08/08
We would like to welcome Carsten Hische, our new industrial clerk apprentice.
NEW Viking Line Ferry with davit international equipment – 07/08
The next Viking Line Ferry will be built in Spain. The complete life-saving equipment has been ordered at davit international.
Four sets of lifeboat davit systems; one rescue boat crane, one fast rescue boat crane and all necessary boats will be delivered this year.
The previous ROPAX ferry „Viking XPRS“ from Viking Line is already in service with our davitsystems and boats.
Life-saving equipment on special Jack-up-Platform – 07/08
davit international has a new order for life-saving equipment on the Jack-up-Plattform „Windlift I“. We are delivering two lifeboat davit systems, one fast rescue boat davit system including all boats; two auxiliary cranes as well.
This Platform has been designed by BARD engineering group, Germany, and will be built at Western Shipbuilding Yard in Klaipeda. This kind of platform is designed to install wind turbines in the North Sea. It has a length of 102 meters and a width of 36 meters.
Yearly maintenance of Hooks by davit international – 06/08
Schat Harding has authorized all our service engineers to conduct the annual service for their hooks ARH and RRH. The training took place in Houton, The Netherlands. See: Certificate of Competence in Annual Servicing (PDF file, 234 KB)
Authorized Service Station of ACÉBI France – 06/08
Two service engineers of davit international have finished their training at ACÉBI FRANCE. davit-international is now authorized to repair and maintain all ACÉBI plants and machineries.
ACEBI and davit international are member of ILAMA Group. See: Service Autorisation Certificate (PDF file, 513 KB)
New davit system type – 06/08
d-i davit international gmbh has delivered a new davit system type D-NPS.SP.35 for rescue- and workboats, with a working load of 35kN and a stored power unit. This smooth and slim A-Frame davit possesses an anti-pendulum system with docking head to absorb heavy roll and pitch movement during turning-out and turning-in of the boat. All mounted parts require very low-maintenance.
This davit system was supplied for the "Planet", a special SWATH vessel of the German Government.
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