Cargotec has signed a contract to deliver MacGregor hatch covers for six 48,700 dwt open-hatch cargo ships ordered by Norwegian shipowner Grieg Shipping. The ships will be built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. The order is booked into the third quarter 2010 order intake.
Hatch covers will be fabricated at Cargotec’s partner plant in China and they are planned for delivery 2012 until 2013.
This order is an addition to the earlier announced contract for a total of 24 environmentally-friendly variable frequency drive (VFD) MacGregor cargo cranes for the same newbuildings.
“The cargo handling design was created in close co-operation with the owner and Cargotec’s cranes and dry cargo business lines. The result is a completely new integrated cargo handling equipment arrangement which is more versatile enabling the transportation of a wider range of project cargoes,” says Ari Viitanen Cargotec’s sales director for dry cargo ships.