Cornish company wins the main award at the European Commercial Marine Awards 2019
Wednesday, 19th June 2019
WorkFloat, a self-propelled floating work platform that 'folds' up to tow behind a 4×4 on the road or slide into a standard shipping container, has won the main award at The European Commercial Marine Awards last week at the SeaWork 2019 trade show in Southampton.
The award was presented to WorkFloat as industry experts on the judging panel felt it absolutely exemplified the innovative ethos and practical value which is at the heart of Seawork, and ingeniously fills a gap in the market.
WHAT IS WORKFLOAT?
WorkFloat is a self-propelled, floating work platform that ‘folds’ up for easy and economical transportation.
MARKET GAP: WorkFloat has been designed to bridge an identified gap in the market between small workboats (RIBs, dorys, small landing craft etc) that have limited lifting and carrying abilities; and larger, more expensive workboats and steel multicats that, whilst very capable, have limited and costly re-location options and require deep water, and a large crane or hoist, for launching and recovery.
CONSTRUCTION:A metal space frame provides WorkFloat with its strength, and then utilises tough plastic floats for buoyancy. Two counter facing outboards provide propulsion, a Hiab and A-Frame give impressive lifting capabilities and our safety box provides all the necessary safety equipment for licensing under the Workboat Code.
OPERATING AREA:With such fast and easy mobilisation, this ‘mini multicat’ can reach the parts other workboats can’t. Designed to work on lakes, reservoirs, ponds, rivers, canals, flooded land, and large puddles; as well as tidal estuaries, hard to reach coastal sites, conflict & disaster zones and the developing world coastline.
TRANSPORT:Simply tow or ship it to where you need it in the world – then use local plant to self launch it on any suitable slipway or beach in under an hour. You then have a large, stable, self propelled work platform with lifting capabilities and all necessary paperwork to go about your commercial activity and get the job done.
VERSATILE: This little vessel is all about versatility – it can be used for commercial diving, civils, bridge repairs, aquaculture, light dredging, oil response, disaster & flood relief, SAR, ferry (cars and passengers), survey work, sampling, drilling, superyacht support, military, and film work.
STRONG: A bit like a worker ant, WorkFloat might be small and light but she’s incredibly strong. The Cat 5 MECAL coded workboat can carry a significant deadweight, lift useful loads with her Hiab or A-Frame, and her two counter facing outboards give her excellent manoeuvrability and can push her along at over 6 knots.
KEY SPECS
| Spec | WorkFloat Lite | WorkFloat Tuff |
| LOA | 8m | 11.5m |
| Beam | 5m | 6.5m |
| Lightships | 3t | 6t |
| Deadweight | 6t | 22t |
| Crane | 2tm | 10tm |
| Price | £145,000 | £175,000 |
More info:
toby@workfloat.co.uk
07815 11 87 56
www.workfloat.co.uk
