Markey Machinery Company is the winner of the
2006 Plimsoll Award for Innovation!

John Gormley, Editor of Professional Mariner magazine, presented Markey Machinery Company with the 2006 Plimsoll Award for Innovation, during a ceremony held as part of the Connecticut Maritime Association's Shipping 2007 conference. The coveted Samuel Plimsoll Award recognizes a product, service, or procedure that has significantly improved the well-being or safety of mariners.

Markey Machinery was nominated as a Plimsoll Award candidate based on the development of our revolutionary single-drum asymmetric “render-recover” (ARR) electric hawser winch designs - designs that have dramatically improved the safe handling of ships and lines, and represent a major leap forward in ship-assist and escort tug winch technology.

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Founded in 1907, Markey Machinery Company is the leader in the design and manufacturing of high quality custom deck machinery for workboat, scientific, and dockside applications.

We have established our reputation for quality by delivering machinery that is built for the long haul every time. "Hell-for-Stout" is a term often heard when describing our equipment. Originally coined by our founder Charles Markey in the early 1900’s, it remains our guiding principal to this day.

We maintain our high level of quality by applying sound marine engineered designs, and by handling almost every phase of manufacturing using craftsman skilled in all areas of fabrication, machining, and final assembly.

Ours is not a reputation built overnight - it takes attention to detail, and an engineering involvement in the industry that is unequalled by our peers. We maintain our focus on the marine industries, and related applications, and strive to be at the cutting edge of technology for these applications. If your application is on or near the water, we can build the winch for you.