Feature 2 | RO-RO TECHNOLOGY Opportunities in the East
Latest significant Chinese ro-ro contract for Italian cargo access equipment supplier Navalimpianti.
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ue delivery before the end of 2008, the Shandong Huangai Ship Building Co-built ro-ro
ferries Bohai Zhenzhu and Bohai Yinzhu will feature a raſt of cargo access equipment from Navalimpianti Tecnimpianti. Destined for shipowner Shandong Bohai
Ferry Co, these 2000 lane metre and 1500 seater ships will include an axial stern door hinged to the stern at main deck for loading/ unloading trailers, cars etc; it will be of standard Navalimpianti open girder design with longitudinal reinforced beams and common transversal girders, single leaf with hinged flaps. Te manoeuvring of the ramp will be by means of two hydraulic cylinders located at the sides of the structure and the cleating devices, which will be hydraulically operated and have been designed to retain the ramps safely in the closed condition. Te control stand will be of electrical type. Te contract also calls for the supply of stern inner doors (watertight top hinged),
Biggest PCTC service for TTS
More business for Navalimpianti through Chinese shipbuilder Shandong Huangai.
bow visors, main bow ramps, and watertight bow inner doors. Also included will be a tiltable ramp from
the upper deck to maindeck and vice-versa, and elevator connecting first (tank top) and third main decks, an internal watertight cover at the main deck over the elevator, and hydraulic power
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MacGregor secures more contracts
Series orders for the cargo access specialist show no sign of slowing down.
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acGregor’s ro-ro division has signed a new contract with Aker Yards for delivery of cargo
access equipment to the world’s largest ro- pax ferries. Gothenburg-based Stena Rederi AB has ordered two 62,000gt ships, which will be built in Germany by Aker MTW, and there is an option for two additional vessels. MacGregor’s order includes design, fabrication, and installation of 800tonnes of ro-ro equipment and is one of the biggest single contracts taken by the ro-ro division. The 240m-long, 32m-wide ships will be
delivered in 2010. Each will accommodate vehicle space comprising 5500m of trailer lanes and 700m of car lanes, and passenger capacity will be 1200. Meanwhile, four new pure car and truck
carriers being built at Kyokuyo Shipyard Corp, Japan, for Norwegian owner Gram will be fitted with MacGregor equipment. The equipment comprises a stern ramp, a quarter ramp, two ramp covers, three internal ramps, and 10 hoistable car deck panels. All the internal equipment will be operated fully by electric drive, which is an
TTS has begun work under the terms of a contract with ship management firm Höegh Fleet Services to provide maintenance for 29 vessels. The deal is believed to be the biggest ever service contract for pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) ro-ro equipment. The contract follows TTS’ successful
design and supply of cargo access equipment for a series of PCTCs built for Höegh by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Gdynia Shipyard, Daewoo, and Uljanik. Other ships are currently on order from Vinashin in Vietnam. The service contract includes
inspections, operational tests, hydraulic condition tests, steel structure survey, and spare part stock agreement. The contract also features deck machinery, ideal for TTS, which boasts one of the world- leading deck machinery makers, TTS Kocks in Bremen, Germany. TTS Kocks also has factories in South Korea and China.
environmentally-friendly solution for operation and also avoids oil leakage and damage to cargo. The vessels will be delivered in 2009 and onwards. This order follows hard on the heels of
deals secured in January, when the company won contracts to equip 12 more PCTCs in China and South Korea, totalling over €20 million. Eight of the PCTCs are to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in China, six for Maersk and two for Lauterjung. The other four ships will be built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea, for
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The Naval Architect April 2008
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