Cargotec's MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling and offshore solutions, has received RoRo equipment orders for 12 pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs). The equipment will be delivered during 2009-2010 and the value of the orders exceeds EUR 20 million.
MacGREGOR is the largest supplier of RoRo equipment for PCTCs and deepsea RoRos and has since year 2000 delivered and been contracted to deliver RoRo equipment to more than 200 such ships.
Also MacGREGOR has the most extensive experience in its field in manufacturing RoRo equipment in China for the Korean market. The orders now received include approximately 6,500 tonnes of liftable car decks for four vessels that will be built in the Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard, as well as design and key component for eight PCTCs built at Chinese Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry.
Sender:
Cargotec Corporation
Kari Heinistö
Senior Executive Vice President and CFO
Eeva Mäkelä
SVP, Investor Relations and Communications
For further information, please contact:
Magnus Sjöberg, Director Sales and Marketing, MacGREGOR RoRo Division,
tel. +46 707 850 819
tel. +46 707 850 819
Eeva Mäkelä, SVP, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 204 55 4281
Cargotec is the world's leading provider of cargo handling solutions whose products are used in the different stages of material flow in ships, ports, terminals, distribution centers and local transportation. Cargotec Corporation's brands, Hiab, Kalmar and MacGREGOR, are market leaders in their fields and well-known among customers all over the world. Cargotec's sales are EUR 2.8 billion. The company employs over 11,000 people and operates in close to 160 countries. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on the OMX Nordic Exchange, Helsinki.
