MacGregor equipment ordered for ESL’s LNG bulkers

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, informed it has received an order to deliver hatch covers, cranes, deck machinery and steering gear to two new 25,600 dwt LNG-powered bulkers for Finnish owner ESL Shipping.

For each vessel MacGregor will deliver three K3030-4 mechanical grab cargo cranes with a working load of 30 tonnes at 30m outreach, design and key components package for multi folding-type hatch covers, electrically-driven deck machinery and steering gear, the company said in a statement.

The 160-metre vessels are being built to an LNG design developed in cooperation between Deltamarin and ESL Shipping by Sinotrans & CSC Shipbuilding Industry Cooperation’s Qingshan shipyard in China, Macgregor added.

The first vessel is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2017 and the second in early 2018.

They will primarily be used to carry raw materials for steel and energy industries in the Gulf of Bothnia and Baltic Sea.