CARGOTEC COPRORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 14 OCTOBER 2014 AT 11 AM (EEST)
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a new series of deck machinery orders for twelve vessels with the China-based Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group. This builds on a track-record of contracts that now stands at 150 shipsets of equipment successfully delivered and installed at Sinopacific yards. The orders were booked into the third quarter 2014 order intake.
"These orders demonstrate Sinopacific's confidence and satisfaction with MacGregor equipment and its services," says Francis Wong, Vice President, Segment Sales, MacGregor Offshore.
The latest equipment orders are for two vessel types, anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels and platform supply vessels (PSVs). They include MacGregor anchor handling/towing winches, shark jaws, towing pins and other deck machinery. Equipment deliveries will commence between January and October 2015.
- Three 61.8m/1,700 dwt PSVs being built to an SPP17A design are destined for Mexican shipping company, Naviera Petrolera Integral S.A. de C.V. Featuring a range of deck machinery equipment from MacGregor, they will be used by PEMEX, Mexico's largest government-owned oil company, in its oil and gas development projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Four 64m/60-tonne bollard pull AHTS vessels, being built to an SPA60 design for Singaporean company Vallianz Holdings Limited, will serve Middle East, Latin American and Asia Pacific markets. Each shipset will include a 150-tonne line pull MacGregor anchor handling/towing winch, 200-tonne shark jaws and towing pins and other deck machinery.
- Two 81.75m/4,000 dwt PSVs being built to an SPP35M design for Shenzhen Huawei Offshore Shipping Transport Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanghai Salvage Company in China will feature MacGregor deck machinery.
- Three 70.8m/85-tonne bollard pull AHTS vessels are being built to an SPA85L design for Shenzhen Huawei Offshore Shipping Transport. Like the two PSVs, these vessels are intended for operation in the South China Sea. They will each be fitted with a 150-tonne line pull MacGregor anchor handling/towing winch, 250-tonne shark jaws and towing pins and other deck machinery.
"All four ship designs ordered are customised versions of Sinopacific's existing tried and tested offshore support vessel designs," explains Mr Li Zhen, Deputy General Manager for Shanghai Design Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group. "For example, the main dimensions of SPA85L have been optimised to meet the complex conditions of the South China Seas, and the deck areas have been increased on other designs to focus on the 'supply' aspect of the vessels.
"A key focus for all the vessels is reliability," he says. "MacGregor equipment is well-accepted by shipowners, operators and charterers worldwide. Its quality, reliability and global lifetime support are key factors in the decisions of international fleet operators to choose MacGregor equipment."
Caption: the main dimensions of SPA85L have been optimised to meet the complex conditions of the South China Seas
For further information please contact:
Francis Wong, Vice President, Segment Sales, Offshore, tel. +65 65 973 518
francis.wong@macgregor.com
or
Heli Malkavaara, Communications Manager, MacGregor, tel. +358 20 777 4500
heli.malkavaara@macgregor.com
MacGregor offers world leading engineering solutions and services for handling marine cargoes and offshore loads. The scope of our integrated packages is growing and now also includes Hatlapa, Porsgrunn, Pusnes and Triplex products.
MacGregor serves the offshore, maritime transportation and naval logistics markets in ports and terminals as well as on board ships and rigs. MacGregor solutions combine load and cargo access, stowage, care and handling functions to optimise lifetime profitability, productivity and environmental sustainability. www.macgregor.com
MacGregor is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled approximately EUR 3.2 billion in 2013 and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com
