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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
In April, MacGregor, a unit of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, for two MacGregor offshore cranes. The two cranes will be featured on a new subsea IMR vessel being built by Havyard for diverse deepwater operations offshore West Africa.
Both cranes will be installed on a new Havyard 857 subsea inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel being built for Nigerian offshore oil and gas company, Marine Platforms Ltd. (MPL). Headquartered in Lagos, MPL specializes in a wide range of deepwater operations.
This specific contract calls for one 250-ton MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane and one 20-ton MacGregor AHC subsea crane. These will be delivered in July 2014 and the vessel is scheduled to be handed over in August of that year.
“The offshore market in west Africa is recognized worldwide as an area with very promising future prospects,” says Frode Grøvan, Sales and Marketing Director for MacGregor Advanced Load Handling. “It is therefore a significant advantage for us to participate in the expansion into this region. For their part, our cranes will deliver reliable, proven load-handling technology to MPL.”
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