MacGregor has actually won an agreement from Kongsberg Maritime to supply a computerized mooring system for the globe’s initial independent containership, Yara Birkeland.
This will certainly allow mooring procedures to be embarked on without human treatment, sustaining efficient procedure of the totally electrical, absolutely no exhaust vessel.
The automated mooring system is arranged to be provided throughout the 2nd fifty percent of 2019.
“It is critical for Kongsberg to work with world-class partners and we are therefore very pleased to specify the MacGregor automated mooring solution for the Yara Birkeland containership,” states Bård Bj ørløw, EVP Global Sales & & Marketing, Kongsberg Maritime.
“We worked very closely with Kongsberg to identify the most suitable mooring solution and are proud to have developed an innovative, fully electrical system which increases safety and eco-efficiency compared with conventional mooring operations,” states Høye Høyesen, Vice President, Advanced Offshore Solutions, MacGregor.
Yara Birkeland will certainly decrease discharges and also boost roadway security by eliminating as much as 40,000 vehicle trips yearly in a largely booming location ofNorway The containership will certainly deliver plant food from Yara’s Porsgrunn plant by means of inland rivers to the deep-sea ports of Larvik and also Brevik, a trip of 31 maritime miles.
MacGregor belongs toCargotec Another Cargotec business, Kalmar, will certainly give the independent loading and also dumping remedy for Yara Birkeland, in addition to transport in between the plant food manufacturing centers and also the quay.
For even more info, please call: Høye Høyesen, Vice President, Advanced Offshore Solutions, MacGregor tel. +47 907 61 098, [email protected]
Robin Thuillier, Communications Director, MacGregor tel. +65 9730 4301, [email protected]
MacGregor is a leader in smart naval freight and also lots handling with a solid profile of MacGregor, Hatlapa, Porsgrunn, Pusnes, Rapp and also Triplex items, solutions and also remedies, all created to do with the sea.
Shipbuilders, shipowners and also drivers have the ability to optimize the life time productivity, security, dependability and also ecological sustainability of their procedures by operating in close teamwork with MacGregor. www.macgregor.com
MacGregor belongs toCargotec Cargotec’s (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2018 completed roughly EUR 3.3 billion and also it utilizes around 12,000 individuals worldwide. www.cargotec.com
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