€37m winch order
Cargotecs MacGregor has won an order worth some €37m for 45 electric winches to be installed on Hyundai Heavy Industries new 10,000 tonne new heavy lift vessel.
The order will be booked in the fourth quarter 2013 order intake and the equipment is scheduled for delivery between the second and fourth quarter of 2014.
The newbuild will be one of the world’s largest heavy lift ships, designed to support shipbuilding activities and offshore lifting operations in international waters.
“Ship blocks and offshore structures are getting bigger and heavier, and in order to handle these safely and efficiently the worldwide demand for heavy lift vessels has increased”, says Francis Wong, Offshore Segment’s sales and marketing director at MacGregor.
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