Ezra buys large offshore cranes
15 March 2010Singapore-based marine equipment and supplies provider Ezra Marine Services Pte Ltd has placed an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated subsea knuckle-jib cranes.
The order includes a 150t SWL crane with an under-deck-mounted winch with a 3,000m wire. It will be installed on a deepwater anchor-handling towing/supply vessel and delivered in 2010. The second crane is a 150t SWL version being installed on a DP self-propelled accommodation barge for delivery in 2011. The order value totals more than EUR12m.
Cargotec will manufacture components for the two cranes at its state-of-the-art unit in Kristiansand, Norway, and at its recently modernised manufacturing, assembly and testing plant for offshore load handling systems in Singapore.
"Ezra is a major player providing integrated offshore support solutions for the oil and gas industry, and its choice of MacGregor offshore cranes for these new building projects recognises Cargotec's offshore capabilities," said Øystein Bondevik, sales director for offshore load handling at Cargotec.
