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MacGregor Wins Multiple Offshore Winch Orders MacGregor offshore winches have been speci- Þ ed for a run of new-series small and medium AHTSV development in the 60-65 m range. MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured new offshore winch contracts from three Chinese shipyards, Fujian South- east, Fuzhou Baima and Guangdong Yuexin Ocean Engineer- ing. The winches are destined for 22 anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSVs) under construction for a number of international owners. ?Our offshore winches have been speci ed for a run of new-series small and medium AHTSV developments in the 60-65 m range,? says Francis Wong, Di- rector, Segment Sales and Marketing at MacGregor. ?Most of these vessels have enhanced equipment and vessel speci -cations in response to the increased demands from charterers and oil companies in the South East Asia and Middle East regions. These include DP2 capabilities, increased bollard pull and more deck space.? The scope of deliveries includes windlasses, mooring winches, capstans, tuggers, anchor han-dling/towing winches and storage reels; some of the vessels will also be  tted with MacGregor shark jaws/towing pins. Deliveries will begin in August this year and will continue at intervals until March 2014. 900-ton MacGregor AHC Subsea Crane Cargotec?s MacGregor received a EUR 22 million order to deliver a 900-ton active heave-compensated (AHC) Mac- Gregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyun- dai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. It will be installed on a 150m multi-purpose offshore construction vessel (MOCV) ordered by Sealion Shipping, on behalf of Toisa Ltd. ?This is the largest active heave-compensated MacGregor offshore crane that has been ordered,? said Frode Grøvan, Director, Sales and Marketing for Advanced Load Handling. ?At a time when subsea modules are getting larger and heavi- er and operations are being conducted at ever greater depths, a sophisticated crane on this scale equips the new vessel to meet the ever increasing demands of the offshore construc- tion market.? www.seadiscovery.com MTR #5 (18-33).indd 19MTR #5 (18-33).indd 196/3/2013 1:00:30 PM6/3/2013 1:00:30 PM