Cargotec has announced an order, valued at more than €10 million, for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000dwt multipurpose cargo ships.
Three MacGregor GLE electric cranes will be installed on each ship. Five ships will be equipped with a 60-tonne and two 80-tonne cranes, and the other two ships with a 60-tonne and two 100-tonne cranes. The ships will be built at Huanghai Shipbuilding in China for Ethiopian Shipping lines, and the MacGregor cranes are scheduled for delivery between August 2012 and September 2013.
“We are seeing increasing interest in our electric cranes and deck machinery as more companies become aware of the economic, operational and environmental advantages they offer,” says Svante Lundberg, sales manager for cargo cranes at Cargotec.
