MacGREGOR has secured crane orders for 74 bulk carriers in China and India, which will see the company delivering its cargo handling expertise to yards until 2011.
During the second quarter of this year, the MacGREGOR Group ‑ part of the Cargotec Corporation ‑ has been awarded 276 GLB-crane orders for bulker carriers with a total value of approximately €75 million.
“The market has experienced a dramatic increase in interest for handy, handymax and supramax sized bulkers,” said Lars Söderström, Sales Manager, Bulk Ships. “There are several reasons behind the booming market such as increasing charters rates, dramatic increase in demand for raw materials and energy products, as well as a high average age of the existing fleet.”
In total, MacGREGOR has managed to secure cargo handling crane orders for 74 bulk carriers in China and India. The Chinese market has been the most active and counts for a total of 62 ships at five different ship yards.
The deliveries are scheduled to start in early 2008 and will continue until the latter half of 2011. Most of the deliveries will consist of standard GLB-type cranes in the range of 30 to 36 tonnes SWL.
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