More tanker-to-bulker contracts keep conversion specialists busy
MacGREGOR has received hatch cover orders from Everlast Shipping SA of Greece for four more tanker-to-bulker conversion projects. Last year MacGREGOR received an order to supply hatch covers for the conversion of the company's 147,000 dwt tanker Sea Max. The total order value of these new contracts is around €9 million and the hatch covers will be delivered to the conversion yards in the second quarter of 2009.
MacGREGOR’s scope of supply for these four 154,000 dwt vessels – Timeless, Flawless, Priceless and Stopless – include hatch cover design, key components, hatch cover manufacture and installation assistance.
“When converting tankers to bulk carriers it is beneficial to involve hatch cover specialists from the start in order not to risk the project’s completion time and to get the ships earning again as soon as possible,“ says Pertti Vilhonen, head of the Service division’s major project unit. “MacGREGOR is experienced in these special projects, and has about 30 tanker conversion projects on order. “We believe that our strength in these conversion projects is that we have a dedicated, special unit to execute them”.
MacGREGOR’s specialist team has carried out about 400 conversion projects in relation to URS 30 regulation changes to date and this type of work still continues.
Tanker-to-Bulker Conversion
More tanker-to-bulker contracts keep conversion specialists busy
MacGREGOR has received hatch cover orders from Everlast Shipping SA of Greece for four more tanker-to-bulker conversion projects. Last year MacGREGOR received an order to supply hatch covers for the conversion of the company's 147,000 dwt tanker Sea Max. The total order value of these new contracts is around €9 million and the hatch covers will be delivered to the conversion yards in the second quarter of 2009.
MacGREGOR’s scope of supply for these four 154,000 dwt vessels – Timeless, Flawless, Priceless and Stopless – include hatch cover design, key components, hatch cover manufacture and installation assistance.
“When converting tankers to bulk carriers it is beneficial to involve hatch cover specialists from the start in order not to risk the project’s completion time and to get the ships earning again as soon as possible,“ says Pertti Vilhonen, head of the Service division’s major project unit. “MacGREGOR is experienced in these special projects, and has about 30 tanker conversion projects on order. “We believe that our strength in these conversion projects is that we have a dedicated, special unit to execute them”.
MacGREGOR’s specialist team has carried out about 400 conversion projects in relation to URS 30 regulation changes to date and this type of work still continues.
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Photo:
MacGREGOR hatch cover delivery for the 260,000 DWT Sinocarrier
at the final stage of installation at Shan Haiguan shipyard
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