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The MacGregor Group

Under The Aegis Of Incentive, A Cargo-Handling

Equipment Supplier Of Formidable Size

The MacGregor Group was cre- ated last year following the acquisi- tion of MacGregor-Navire by the

Incentive Group, forming what the group claims is the largest supplier of shipboard cargo handling equip- ment in the world.

A manufacturer of shipboard cargo handling equipment,

MacGregor's inventory still lacked conventional shipboard deck cranes.

Incentive had previously acquired

Hagglunds Marine & Offshore, a leader in shipboard deck cranes. It was a logical step for the two Incen- tive subsidiaries to merge to offer the market a comprehensive range of shipboard cargo handling equip- ment from a single supplier. This range includes shipboard cranes, hatch covers, RoRo equipment, cargo lashing equipment, passen- ger and cargo elevators, refriger- ated cargo systems and insulation services, and liquid cargo and bal- last valve remote control systems.

Even before the merger, MacGregor-

Navire and Hagglunds were work- ing together on a number of projects, including providing Class Standard

Equipment (CSE) to the U.S. Navy's

Strategic Sealift Fleet, both retrofit and newbuildings. MacGregor has also obtained contracts from the vari- ous shipyards involved to supply other products to a number of the ships. The MacGregor Group now comprises some 30 companies located in major shipping and shipbuilding countries. MacGregor-Hagglunds, the Group's crane division, offers a range of electro-hydraulic deck cranes suitable for improving cargo- handling efficiency — such as power swivels for rotating the load, line steadying systems and swing pre- venting units, together with ancil- lary items such as grabs, log han- dling equipment and container spreaders. Some recent develop- ments from the MacGregor Group include: • The Omega Seal, designed for use on the cross joints of pontoon (liftaway) hatch covers on containerships, enabling the covers to be removed and replaced in any order. • MacGregor-Conver, the group's lashing division, developed a semi- automatic twistlock, the CV-14. This unit reportedly provides a solution to the U.S. authorities' proposed regulations banning personnel from working on top of container stacks.

The semi-automatic unit enables the twistlocks to be fitted to and re- moved from containers at dock level, obviating the need for stevedores to climb onto container tiers. • In response to the IMO require- ment to improve the damaged sta- bility of passenger RoRo ferries,

MacGregor's RoRo Division has de- veloped Flood Control Doors which close across vehicle decks, provid- ing a barrier to any flood water. • The Group's Reefer Engineering

Division has been working closely with the service organization in con- verting conventional reefer ships into pallet-friendly vessels to im- prove overall cargo-handling effi- ciency. The division also introduced an aluminum cladding system for the insulation of reefer ship holds, which reportedly offers considerable savings in installation costs. • The Liquid Cargo Handling Divi- sion introduced a remote controlled valve system designed for the cargo control on tankers, but suited to a variety of other applications. The system reportedly utilizes the ac- tuators' hydraulic operating cir- cuits to provide positive and accu- rate indication of the status of each valve, eliminating the need for any electrical cabling and electronics either on deck or in the tank. • The Elevator Division developed a plug-in passenger elevator sys- tem. The complete elevator is fabri- cated, assembled and tested ashore and delivered to the shipyard as a unit ready to be lowered into place in apertures out into the various deck levels. This plug-in philoso- phy has been extended to cargo el- evators and side-loading systems.

For more information on the

MacGregor Group,

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MMC International Corp. 60 Inip Drive

Inwood, NY 11696-1096 U.S.A.

Phone: 800-645-7339 516-239-7339

Telex: 96-0140 MAMCAF INND

Fax: 516-371-3134

MMC (Europe) Ltd.

South Nelson Road

South Nelson Industrial Estate

Cramlington

Northumberland NE23 9HL UK

Phone: 0670-738111

Telex: 537005 MARINE G

Fax: 0670-738789

MMC (Asia) Ltd. 2-20 4-Chome, Isobe-Dori

Chuo-ku, Kobe 651

Japan

Phone: 078-251-1033

Telex: 5624163 OPECK J

Fax: 078-252-0265

CON

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