Aker Pusnes AS History

1750: The first sailing ship was launched at Pusnes.

1891: The first steam driven winch was delivered.

1960: The last ship was launched at Pusnes.

1978: Leading position as a winch supplier to the rig marked.

Introduced the first advanced bow loading system in the North Sea and later world-wide.

1985: Manufactured the mooring system for the world’s largest crane vessel, Micoperi 7000.

1994: Mooring winches and fairleads for Troll B, the world’s largest floating concrete platform.

1995: Mooring and fairleads systems, turning/locking and bearing systems, as well as offloading system to the worlds largest FPSO, Åsgard A.

1997: Development/Introduction of the RamWinch. On-Vessel Mooring Equipment designed as an alternative to conventional rotating winches.

1997/99: Developed electric deck machinery based on frequency (AC) drive.

2007: Since 1997 RamWinches have been delivered to 15 different offshore production vessels, resulting in more than 150 RamWinch units.

Delivered more than 950 Emergency Towing Systems (ETS).