News Update (see also projects)
April 2008: SAFETY AT SEA (Award sponsored by Lloyd’s Register) Winner IMC Maritime System Development, The Netherlands SafeWinch. Dr Markus Van der Laan, Director, IMC Maritime System Development, receiving the Award for Safety at Sea from Guest of Honour, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal. Link: Seatrade Awards Roll of Honour 2008
March 2008: Project D543 : DOT system installed on newbuilding tug by Macduff Shipyard for Peterhead Port Authorities.
March 2008: Project D529 : First serie of SafeWinches in production at Kraaijeveld Winches Sliedrecht
January 2008: Project D529 : Trials of installed SafeWinch on Smit Thamesbank succesfully completed in dynamic conditions at sea.
December 2007: Request for investigation of Flying Phantom accident
December 2007: Bollard pull trials with Smit Thamesbank and overload feature of SafeWinch succesfully tested.
November 2007: Smit Thamesbank in service in Port of Rotterdam testing the SafeWinch in port operations.
Oktober 2007: Existing winch on Smit Thamesbank upgraded by Kraaijeveld to first SafeWinch