Deck MachineryPulling PowerPulling PowerModern deck machinery is essential to ef cient subsea vessel operations.For those on the water conducting ex- making or breaking an operations. plied by Rapp-Hydema, including an periments, surveys or military exercise, array of coring, trawling, towing, gen-it is impossible if not foolhardy to point The Investigator eral purpose, CTD deployment, drum, to one system or piece of equipment that Look no further than page 14 and and anchor/capstan electric winches. is head and shoulders above the rest in MTR’s two page feature on Australia’s Triplex AS, a Rapp-Hydema subsidiary, importance when it comes to conducting new, largest Research Vessel, Investiga- supplied the coring boom, pipe handler, a safe and ef? cient project. But for those tor, for proof. The ultra-modern 93.9m over stern A-frame and CTD Overhead who have been present when a winch RV is a testament to modern marine and crane. The aft deck is serviced by a Ber-has jammed, a line has snapped or rough RV technology, complete with a suite gen DKF300 Main Crane, with a capac-seas have thwarted deployment and re- of modern deck machinery and systems ity of 25 metric tons at 12m, or 5 metric covery operations, it could be argued that dominate its large deck. tons at 20m. In addition there are also a that modern, precision controlled deck The complete suite of ? sheries, scien- Bergen DKF40 utility crane and a Ber-machinery plays an indispensible role in ti? c and ship’s deck equipment was sup- gen DKF70 stores crane ? tted.A 400-ton MacGregor subsea crane on board North Sea Shipping’s North Sea Giant has a simi-lar design with the main AHC winch installed under deckJanuary/February 201410 MTRMTR #1 (1-17).indd 10 MTR #1 (1-17).indd 10 1/24/2014 12:33:57 PM1/24/2014 12:33:57 PM