Davit service agreement in Australia

The appointment follows a successful long term contract to supply the Royal Australian Navy with davits for its fleet of Armidale-class offshore patrol vessels.

Vestdavit supplied 28 purpose-designed PLAR4500 davits for the fleet of 14 Armidale vessels. Each davit can safely launch and recover an 8m Zodiac fast boarding craft in seas up to 4m height. Additionally, Vestdavit has supplied 16 PLA 2000 davits to the Australian Customs for patrol boats and eight lightweight aluminium davits for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Vestdavit now has service partners in Brazil and South Africa and agents in the USA, Australia, Spain, UAE, Germany, Singapore and South Korea.

Since 1975 Bergen-based Vestdavit says that it has supplied over 1,800 davits and side and stern launch systems, which have proven themselves in the North Sea and other harsh environments. The davits feature self-tensioning and shock absorbing systems to ensure crew safety and widen the operational window for users.