News: Bennett design provides a real lift

Designers at Rotherham company MG Bennett Ltd have provided a real lift to users of the Macduff Harbour Slipway.

The Macduff Harbour Slipway lies on the North Aberdeenshire Coast and services the local fishing fleet with both ship building and repair facilities.

MG Bennett and Associates Ltd were engaged to produce the design of a new ship lift for client Aberdeenshire Council and R J McLeod, the contractor.

The new facilities allow boats to be taken out of the water and held in a safe working environment on the slipway.

Bennett's designers provided the structural design of the haulage and traversing carriages, the mechanical design of the bilge beams to accommodate ships of different beams and the specification of the hydraulic and control systems.

Three styles of traversing cradle were designed to accommodate vessels of different sizes from the fishing fleet.

The installed ship lift can accommodate a ship with a keel of 25 metres in length, a displacement 350 tonnes and a maximum beam 10 metres.

Last year, MG Bennett was acquired by Atkins, Europe's largest design and engineering consultancy.

MG Bennett website

Rotherham

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