HATLAPA MARINE EQUIPMENT – FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION
HATLAPA’s steering gear range has now been further enlarged to meet all requirements even for the newest 13.000 TEU container ships which have rudder torques up to 10.000 kNm.
After several European company buy-outs, HATLAPA is the only non-Asian manufacturer of large ram-type steering gear. All competitors are Japanese makers who operate mainly as licensors in Korea and China.
HATLAPA has been able steadily to increase its market share during recent years and offers by far the most modern drive and control systems.
In addition, HATLAPA has developed its range of small compact steering gear further, starting at rudder torques of 30 kNm ideally suited to work boats and other smaller vessel types.
All hydraulic units for HATLAPA´s steering gear are designed and manufactured in house. As such from layout to development of different pump designs, to in house assembly and testing, HATLAPA ensures control of the whole design, engineering and production workflow, thereby ensuring total security and flexibility for after sales and service requirements. Also, as all components are in the daily workflow rapid spare parts service is also assured.
With the start-up of HATLAPA-Korea in early 2007 the approach for serving the Asian and especially the Korean shipbuilding market has been extended further.
HATLAPA’s proven cooperation with rudder supplier Becker Marine Systems (BMS) represents a valuable supplement to many fields of activities. The companies are aiming at extending their knowledge through an intensive exchange of experience, and optimising the fulfilment of customer requirements
by providing common product developments on rudder systems.
HATLAPA’s range of vane type steering gear currently exceeds 1500 kNm.
With this additional development, HATLAPA is the only supplier world-wide offering all available types of steering gear thereby meeting the requirements of all possible ship types.
August 2008 / Jörg Tollmien