46 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News
Timberlands Stands
Maritime Tests
Timberland Equipment Limited
designs and manufactures custom engi-
neered winches, hoists, and sheaves.
Since 1947, it has an impeccable reputa-
tion in supplying large, rugged equip-
ment to the workboat marine, offshore
marine, construction, mining, and utility
markets around the globe.
Timberland Equipment's strength lies
in its ability to engineer, design, manu-
facture, test, and certify all equipment
under one roof at its 55,000 sq. ft. facil-
ity.
Timberland Equipment is part of the
Timberland Group of Companies. Other
companies in the group include Almon
Johnson Ltd., TSE International,
Marcotte Mining Machinery and the
most recent addition to the group is
Hawboldt Industries and Hawboldt
Newfoundland.
The Timberland Group of Companies
announced in April 2005 that it pur-
chased the businesses of Hawboldt
Industries Inc. and Hawboldt
Newfoundland Limited.
Hawboldt Industries Inc, with manu-
facturing operations in Chester Nova
Scotia has been manufacturing marine
equipment since 1906. Over its many
years in operation, Hawboldt Industries
has built a solid reputation as a high
quality supplier of fishing winches, pro-
pellers, commercial deck machinery,
underwater gear, shafting, haulers, cap-
stans, and hydraulic power units. While
the company has maintained its roots in
the fishing industry, it also serves and
sees continued growth in other marine
markets such as national defense,
oceanographic & seismic research and
offshore oil & gas.
Hawboldt Newfoundland Limited,
with operations in Bay Roberts
Newfoundland has been manufacturing
and servicing equipment for the Fishing
Industry and Offshore Oil & Gas for
many years. Hawboldt Newfoundland
has a strong foothold in a key market
area and is positioned well to take
advantage of future growth opportuni-
ties within the Timberland Group.
"This acquisition fits extremely well
with Timberland's strategy of adding
complementary product lines to expand
its product offering within the marine
marketplace," said Mark Gabourie,
President and COO of Timberland. "We
are extremely excited to purchase
Hawboldt Industries and Hawboldt
Newfoundland since Timberland is tar-
geting its marine segment of the busi-
ness for significant growth over the next
five years. Hawboldt provides
Timberland with an excellent base of
marine equipment products for the fish-
ing and oceanographic/seismic research
areas that were not well represented
within our product line prior to the
acquisition. It also provides us with two
strong bases including a well equipped
service presence for the marine and off-
shore oil & gas marketplaces on the east
coast."
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Rapp Hydema Supplies
New NOAA Vessels
Rapp Hydema was selected by VT
Halter Marine in May 2005 to supply
the deck machinery for the third of its
NOAA FRV-class vessels. Rapp provid-
ed hydrographic, oceanographic, trac-
tion, CTD, and trawl winches for the
first vessel, the Oscar Dyson, and is
presently working on installing the same
package for the second vessel, the Henry
B. Bigelow. Additionally, Rapp sup-
plied its PTS Pentagon computerized
winch control system, which provides
sophisticated auto-tension and another
features. Rapp has acted as single-sys-
tem vendor (SSV) for most electronics
integration from deck to wheelhouse.
Deck machinery underwent very rigor-
ous shock and vibration testing, among
other qualification measures, to meet
NOAA's high standards prior to installa-
tion. During a 2004 Annual Vendor
Review, which focused on the FRV-40
Oscar Dyson, Rapp received a rating of
excellent from VT Halter Marine.
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Coastal Marine Equipment
Coastal Marine Equipment offers a
complete line of Marine Deck
Machinery including, but not limited to,
Anchor Windlasses, Mooring Winches,
Anchor Winches, Hose Reels, Capstans,
Escort Winches, Towing Winches,
Tugger Winches, Ramp Winches, Spud
Winches, Cable Storage Reels, as well
as General Fabrication, Machining
Services, Testing, Installation,
Maintenance and Repair Services.
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Pullmaster Provides
the Power
Pullmaster Winch Corporation is rec-
ognized as a leading manufacturer of
hydraulic planetary winches and drives.
With 40 years of manufacturing experi-
ence, it has invested in modern facilities
to keep pace with engineering and man-
ufacturing technological advances. The
company offers hydraulic planetary
winches with a bare drum line pull range
of 1,100 lb. to 85,000 lb. (4.9 - 378.6
kN). It also offers hydraulic planetary
drives with an output torque range of
50,000 - 136,000 lb.-in. (5649 - 15,367
Nm). Both hydraulic planetary winch-
es and drives are available with a com-
prehensive range of options such as
rapid reverse, free fall, and external
brake release.
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Techcrane Adds to Line
Techcrane's newest edition, model F25
- 12.5-ton hose handling crane was
recently designed and built per API
Sixth edition for Bollinger Gretna Hull
#482. The crane was successfully
installed and load tested on the 35,000
barrel barge (300 x 54 x 21-ft.) con-
structed for a New York based company,
Gellatly and Criscione Services. The
owner was impressed with the tough-
ness and flexibility of the crane in addi-
tion to the capacity, ease of operation,
maintenance and availability of spare
parts. As well as being API mono-
grammed, all Techcrane cranes are
designed per ABS and USCG standards.
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BURRARD HEAVY DUTY
DECK MACHINERY
TOWING WINCHES, ANCHOR WINDLASSES, MOORING
CAPSTANS, CARGO WINCHES, HYDRAULIC OR ELECTRIC
DRIVES
BURRARD IRON WORKS LIMITED
220 Alexander Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1C1
Telephone: (604) 684-2491 Fax: (604) 684-0458
E-mail: sales@burrardironworks.com
“Burrard heavy duty double drum towing winch as supplied to:
Delta Linda, Delta Carey, Delta Deanna, Millennium Falcon,
Millennium Star and Millennium Dawn”
Deck Machinery & Cargo Handling Equipment
At launch ceremony for the FRV-40 Henry B
Bigelow.
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