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MARCO will supply 2 new Power Blocks PB-56 for Arrendadora Augusta ship owner in Panama. MARCO will replace Tiuna and Lautaro tuna vessel´s existing power blocks and completed vessel´s deck equipment renewal process which was started a few years ago with their purse seine winches replacement by MARCO.
The PB-56 Power Block includes a stainless-steel sheave with replaceable rubber cleats which increases equipment lifetime and ensures an easier maintenance of the equipment. This Power Block model includes MARCO´s exclusive "Power Grip" which allows to reduce net slippage during hauling.
Arrendadora Augusta´s Tiuna and Lautaro tuna vessel´s were built in the earlies 80s in United States´ Campbell and Martinac shipyards. With a 13 meters beam and a vessel length greater than 60 meters, each vessel´s fish hold capacity is bigger than 1200 m3.
This contract highlights Arrendadora Augusta´s s trust on MARCO´s technology as well as reinforces company´s market leadership in Latam, region where over the past years TH COMPANY has inaugurated different offices in Mexico, Ecuador and Peru to provide a closer and a better service to its customers.
The MARCO Puretic Power Block revolutionized purse seine fishing and have become an industry´s standard with over 20,000 units in operation in purse seiners across the world.
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