Multiple orders for knuckle jib cranes
Finland headquartered Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self propelled accommodation barge.
The value of the order is some €12m, which was booked in the first quarter 2010 order intake.
The order comprises two large active heave-compensated subsea knuckle-jib cranes. The first is for an ultra-deepwater AHTS. This 150 ton SWL crane has an under deck mounted winch with a 3,000m wire. The second crane is a 150 ton SWL version being installed on a DP self propelled accommodation barge.
Cargotec will manufacture vital components for the two cranes at its unit in Kristiansand, Norway and at the recently modernised manufacturing, assembly and testing plant for offshore load handling solutions in Singapore.
‘Ezra is a major player providing integrated offshore support solutions for the oil and gas industry, and its choice of MacGregor offshore cranes for these newbuilding projects recognises Cargotec’s offshore capabilities’, said Øystein Bondevik, sales director for offshore load handling at Cargotec.
Cargotec also received an order for a MacGregor 200 ton subsea active heave-compensated knuckle jib crane with a 2000m wire capacity for a vessel from Toisa Ltd, operated by UK based Sealion Shiping Ltd. The crane will be manufactured at Cargotec’s site for Offshore Load Handling in Kristiansand, Norway and will be delivered in the second half of 2010.
‘We are prepared to meet the demand from the industry by providing complete offshore load handling solutions to our customers, offering both innovative and dependable technology, and global service’, added Øystein Bondevik.
