Ports & Maritime

Cavotec is a multi-national group of companies serving the following industries: mining and tunnelling, ports and maritime, steel and aluminium, energy and offshore, airports, general industry and automation. In the early 1960’s our main focus was the design and production of motorised cable reels primarily for manufacturers of tower cranes, harbour cranes and mining equipment. Today, Cavotec is connecting mobile equipment around the world in many diverse applications. The Cavotec Group consists of 6 manufacturing “Centres of Excellence” located in France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden and...

Local throughout the world As shown here the Cavotec Group is organized to support its customers around the world through its manufacturing units and sales companies. Each Cavotec manufacturing company, no matter where it is located, aims at being a market leader in its field by providing innovative and reliable products to Group customers. Each Cavotec sales company, in the 27 countries where they operate, aims at better serving its local market following the Group philosophy “to be local everywhere”. MANUFACTURING NETWORK Centres of Excellence Local Manufacturing Group Partners France Cavotec...

Motorized Cable Reels Cavotec Specimas motorised cable reels form the most important range supplied by the Cavotec Group to the ports and maritime industry. Motorised cable reels are usually divided into applications for horizontal and vertical reeling and for each application a distinction is made between intermittent duty and continuous duty. Cavotec Specimas has established its reputation in this market segment by supplying systems that are innovative, robust and compact with a specialised engineering staff to provide support where needed. For intermittent duty applications Cavotec normally...

Cavotec motorized cable reels are at work around the world, in many diverse applications. The Hydrodynamic System This unique patented system provides a simple and rational solution for many cable and hose reel applications. The system is based on a torque unit in which reduction gear, clutch and brake are built into one closed unit. Furthermore, thanks to the clutch acting directly on the main drum shaft, an even torque output is guaranteed. This allows an even recovery of any type of cable independent of clutch slip or reeling speed. Another major advantage is that the torque can easily be...

Automated Mooring Systems Several MoorMaster automated mooring systems have been adopted by important shipping and port companies, including well-known operators such as Patrick Shipping in Australia, Port of Salalah in Oman and the Port of Dover in the UK. Since their commissioning these MoorMaster systems have performed over 12,000 automatic mooring operations without ropes and without the intervention of mooring teams. The MoorMaster system has captured all of the flexibility and characteristics of traditional mooring lines but instead of a rope, the units use vacuum pads to provide the mooring...

Power Connectors The Cavotec power connectors, manufactured in Sweden, have been present in the field of industrial power supply for more than 20 years starting in the harsh environment of the Scandinavian mines and hydro-electric tunnels. Today the high quality, strength and integral safety of the Cavotec connectors have set the standard concerning low and high voltage power supply to many different types of equipment. Not only in mining and tunnelling, but also in hundreds of ports and maritime applications around the world. Cavotec mainly supplies low and high voltage connectors but also special...

In order to supply a comprehensive selection of high quality cables specially adapted to working environments found in ports and maritime applications, the Cavotec Group decided to select specialised manufacturing partners enabling Cavotec to guarantee the very highest level of productivity and safety. Among the specialised cable manufacturing partners represented by the Group, we can mention such companies as Baude, Gore, Prysmian, Nexans and Tratos. All the cables offered by the Cavotec Group are divided in low and medium voltage. Low voltage cables are further divided into power or control...

Marine Propulsion Systems Since the early 1990’s Cavotec Specimas has contributed to the development of a revolutionary ship propulsion system. This system uses “an outboard electric motor” instead of the traditional “on line shaft inboard diesel powered propulsion”. To obtain the required 360 degrees manoeuvrability the new system was designed with a special slipring unit, developed and manufactured by Cavotec Specimas. The slipring is able to trasmit up to 4000 Amps 3kV, data-control through optical fibers or conventional rings and a special 400 bar multiway swivel for the hydraulic steering...

The environment in ports all over the world is becoming more and more an issue. During the last 15 years increasing attention has been paid to reducing pollution coming from the diesel engines of ships which traffic, in ever increasing numbers, ports and terminals around the world. The Cavotec Group, by using its experience and components widely applied in various industrial segments, has created a new approach to supplying power to ships without creating any pollution. This system is called Alternative Maritime Power Supply. This new AMP system can be shipbased, shore-based or mounted on a floating...

Panzerbelt is a patented system developed by Cavotec Specimas in the mid-70’s in order to give an efficient protection to power cables against damage and other problems caused by the increasing cross traffic in ports and terminals. Panzerbelt withstands traffic of all vehicles normally used in ports without permanent deformation. It prevents ingress of debris and water from entering into the channel and gives the highest degree of cable protection without the need of maintenance. The more than 450 installations at work today (2006) around the world, prove that the system is the right solution....