Norway based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by French shipyard Socarenam to supply the davits for a new 50 m patrol boat which it will build for the French customs. Vestdavit will supply two davits, one PAP6000 and one PAP3250 davit which will give the patrol vessel the capability of launching and recovering RIBs up to 9.5 m long in sea state 6. Rolf Andreas Wigand, Managing Director, Vestdavit, said, “Socarenam is an important builder of sophisticated patrol vessels and we are pleased to land our first order with them.