Becker Marine Secures More Orders

October 18, 2013

Despite the ongoing shipping crisis, Becker Marine Systems is on course for 2013. The Hamburg-based company was awarded the contract to equip five 18,000-TEU container ships under construction for China Shipping Container Lines with effective high- performance rudders.

With a transport capacity of 18,000 standard containers (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit or TEU), the container ships currently under construction for China Shipping Container Lines at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea will be among the largest cargo ships in the world. The shipyard designated Becker Marine Systems for delivery of the large, high-performance rudders required to operate these container giants. Due to customization, ships equipped with a Becker rudder are more fuel efficient and robust than those employing conventional rudder technology.

Furthermore, Becker Marine Systems was awarded an order for eleven Twisted Leading Edge King Support Rudders (TLKSR®). They are being provided for 10,000-TEU ships belonging to Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. based in Canada.

Added to this is an order for four rudders for 9,400-TEU container ships belonging to Italy-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) as well as flap rudders for two Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) ships manufactured in China.

After Becker Marine Systems was able to sell its 500th Becker Mewis Duct® in August this year, being installed in a ship belonging to Lübeck, Germany-based OLDENDOEFF CARRIERS in China next year, yet more orders for this highly efficient energy-saving nozzle have been placed:

1 Becker Mewis Duct® for a 81,000-DWT (dead weight tonne) bulk carrier belonging to India-based Great Eastern Shipping Company
4 Becker Mewis Ducts® for 93,000-DWT bulk carriers owned by D‘Amato, an Italian shipping company
2 Becker Mewis Ducts® for 37,500-DWT “Seahorse” bulk carriers owned by the Nordic Hamburg Group shipping company
2 Becker Mewis Ducts® for 57,000-DWT bulk carriers of EF Shipping based in Greece

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Press Release, October 18, 2013