2018 March April Marina World

BOAT MOVING & YARD EQUIPMENT
Delivering reliability
and customer service
When selecting the correct boat moving equipment, a boatyard manager must
ensure the machinery fits the specific needs of the yard; that it is of sound
quality; and that after sales and service support is available to keep everything
in tip top working order and minimise downtime if breakdowns occur. USbased
Marine Travelift (MT) has specialised in meeting these requirements for
decades; and sells and supports its equipment at an international level while
continuing to upgrade and innovate.
Let’s look at three different
customers: the relatively new Marina
Itajaí in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil;
the long-established iconic Newport
Shipyard in Rhode Island on the US
New England coast; and The Boat
Works in the heart of the impressive
Gold Coast Marine Precinct in Australia.
All three have at least one Marine
Travelift machine.
Marina Itajaí opened in January
2016 in the centre of the city of Itajaí,
an important tourist destination with
a rich nautical history. The facility has
165 wet slips and covered drystack
buildings for 155 smaller boats. It caters
for motorboats and sailboats up to
55m (180ft), has a large well-sheltered
water basin and 30,000m² (35,880yd²)
of land space. Marina Itajaí is unique
in southern Brazil for its BR fuel station
offering Verana premium diesel and for
having a 75 ton boat hoist – an MT 75
BFMII.
The facility is busy. “We have an
Happily putting MT machines to work (l to r)
Shane Subichin, Eli Dana and Carlos Gayoso de Oliviera.
One of two MT hoists at The
Boat Works, an expansive
boatyard site in Australia.
extensive service yard
capable of servicing up to
eleven 29m (85ft) boats
simultaneously for repairs
or maintenance,” explains
marine director Carlos
Gayoso de Oliveira, who
believes that business will
become ever busier as a
waiting list for berths builds
up. “In the coming years we
must increase our capacity
for storing boats to 900,” he
notes.
In addition to the 75 ton
Marine Travelift, the marina
has an MT M2800 marine
forklift and both are used
daily for the drystacks
and yard services. “On a
monthly basis, our Marine
Travelift moves over 45
vessels on average just for
services and, during the
spring, when demand for preventive
maintenance increases, this number
doubles,” de Oliveira confirms. The
forklift is mainly used for dry storage
tasks and to perform services and, in
high season, is in use approximately
200 times. “Both machines are very
good,” he says.
On the eastern seaboard of the
United States, Newport Shipyard
has four different Marine Travelift
machines and all are used to help
the yard maintain its central role in
a town dubbed ‘America’s sailing
capital’. Offering the greatest dock
space and the biggest lifts, Newport
Shipyard has a full-service yard, ship
store, restaurant and fitness centre
right on the edge of the picturesque
harbour. And, as general manager
Eli Dana explains, the business has
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