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Cargotec Wins a Large West Africa Ship-to-Shore Contract

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26 September, 2011

Cargotec has received a breakthrough order for ship-to-shore cranes from the Bollore group of France, through its wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary. The contract is for a total of four Kalmar ship-to-shore cranes to be delivered in the third quarter of 2012 to various ports in West Africa. The contract also includes an option for four...

Emergency Shutdown System Gives Peace of Mind

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24 September, 2011

In the event of an engine room fire, once the fire suppression system is engaged it’s critical that engines, generators and fans are shut down quickly. This both minimizes damage to equipment and helps contain the extinguishing agent within the compartment it’s protecting. The ESRS Engine Shutdown System from Sea-Fire automates this procedure using...

ABB Wins Major Oil & Gas Marine Contract in Brazil

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21 September, 2011

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order to provide power supply infrastructure, systems and equipment for two new floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units operated by Petrobras. The units will process crude oil and natural gas extracted from beneath the sea floor, off the southern coast of Brazil....

Cargotec Secures EUR 25 million of Orders From South Korea

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19 September, 2011

Cargotec has confirmed new orders worth around EUR 25 million to deliver MacGregor hatch covers,  lashing bridges and fixed lashing gear for eleven 8,800 TEU container ships being built by Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard in South Korea. The MacGregor equipment will be delivered between mid-2012 and the end of 2013. The orders...

Cargotec Opens New Marine Service Office

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18 September, 2011

Cargotec opens  a new marine service company: MacGregor BLRT Baltic UAB in Klaipeda, Lithuania. The company is a joint venture owned by Cargotec (51%) and Western Shipyard (49%), located in Klaipeda. “This joint venture with the major shipyard owner in Baltic, Western Shipyard – is a natural continuation for Cargotec’s Marine Service development in...

Kongsberg Martime’s new Mexican Service hub Starts Operation

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12 September, 2011
Kongsberg Martime’s new Mexican Service hub Starts Operation

    Kongsberg Maritime Mexico S.A. DE C.V., became fully operational out of its new facility in the city of Veracruz this summer. As an extension to Kongsberg Maritime’s worldwide service network, the new service hub will offer service and support to DP vessels and merchant ships with Kongsberg Maritime navigation, automation and control...

Cargotec Secures Vietnamese Pipelayer with Mooring Solutions

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12 September, 2011

In July this year, Cargotec won a contract from the joint stock company Vinh Nam (VAM JSC)/TECMACH  to supply mooring equipment outfits for Vietsovpetro’s 110m-long by 30.5m-breadth pipelaying crane barge, Con Son. The 1969-built vessel is currently undergoing a conversion at Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Co Ltd. “The signing of this maiden contract in...

Fastnet Media Success for Volvo Ocean Race Yachts

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29 August, 2011

FleetBroadband was put through its paces by the three Volvo Ocean Race entrants in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 - and emerged with flying colours. The Inmarsat service was used to beam live video, photos and blogs during the 608-mile race along the English coast from Cowes to Plymouth, via the Fastnet Rock off Ireland....

Cargotec Files a Lawsuit Against SweFrame for Theft of Bromma’s Product Information

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2 August, 2011

Cargotec’s Bromma Conquip is the world’s leading crane spreader company. Cargotec has filed a lawsuit in Sweden against SweFrame  Port Equipment AB claiming inter alia for damages due to theft and use by SweFrame of Bromma’s sensitive product information. The Swedish police’s department for intellectual property law cases have searched the premises of SweFrame...

Wärtsilä Acquires Cedervall

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1 August, 2011

On July 13 Wärtsilä announced that they acquired Cedervall, one of the leading manufacturers of shaft seal and bearing systems for the marine industry. Cedervall is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the company has subsidiaries in Spain, China and Singapore, with manufacturing facilities in Sweden, China and Spain.