JANUARY 17, 2017 — German shipping company Peter Döhle Schiffahrts Group has signed a three-year MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) service agreement with Cargotec’s MacGregor unit. It provides for annual inspections of deck
DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has renewed its planned maintenance agreement with Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary. Stena Line has held MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) agreements since 2008 and its
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 — Cargotec’s MacGregor unit has acquired 51% of the shares of privately owned company Flintstone Technology Ltd. Based in Dundalk, U.K. and with ten employees, Flintstone is a small
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, is staging an open innovation hackathon event at the Interschalt Marine Center near Hamburg, Germany, November 11-13,2016. A hackathon (also known as a hack
JUNE 29, 2016 — Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary has won an order to supply MacGregor offshore cranes and a Triplex handling system for a 14,300 gt polar research vessel being built for the
JUNE 16, 2016 — A retrofit option for MacGregor subsea cranes replaces the original steel wire rope with high-performance synthetic fiber rope, using the same technology as MacGregor’s advanced fiber-rope crane, the
APRIL 25, 2016 — Cargotec subsidiary MacGregor has received an order for gravity self-unloading systems for two 29,800 dwt bulk carriers (lakers) from China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.. The vessels will
MARCH 30, 2016 — Cargotec subsidiary MacGregor is to deliver hatch covers, cranes, deck machinery and steering gear to the two new 25,600 dwt dual-fueled handysize bulk carriers ordered last November by
FEBRUARY 3, 2016 —In what its Vice President, R&D and Technology, Baard Trondahl Alsaker calls “an important advance for handling loads at depth,” Cargotec Corporation’s MacGregor subsidiary and Parkburn Precision Handling Systems
The two vessels are under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), with options for another three, for Luxembourg-based CLdN (Cobelfret).
The 235 m long and 35 m wide vessels will be the world’s largest commercial RO/RO carriers. They have been ordered as part of CLdN’s fleet expansion and modernization program.They are expected to enter service in 2017 for deployment on CLdN’s regular service in Northern Europe.
The MacGregor RO/RO access equipment package for each ship will comprise a stern ramp, internal ramps, bulkhead doors and four levels of hoistable electrically-operated car decks. The gross weight of the equipment is about 2,200 tonnes per ship.
“We have a proven record of reliable deliveries and excellent support during the construction process,” says Karl-Axel Persson, Senior Sales Manager, MacGregor RO/RO. “In addition, our ability to give support during the project stage was a major factor in winning this important contract.
“MacGregor has a long and successful customer relationship with HMD. Following the delivery, MacGregor will continue to support CLdN, working with the owner to deliver the best possible lifecycle profitability,” he added.
