MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won new contracts that will see electrically-driven versions of its mooring systems fitted to two new tender assist drilling rigs for Thailand-based Mermaid Maritime Public Co. Ltd., a news release said.
The self-erected drilling tender (Hull No. CMHI (JS)-151-1 and Hull No. CMHI (JS)-151-2) are under construction at China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. with delivery planned for 2016. The order was booked into third-quarter 2014 order intake, the release said.
MacGregor will provide each rig with an electrically-driven eight-point mooring system with a 95-tonne line pull, a 460-tonne brake holding capacity and a 1,400 m x 64 mm diameter wire drum capacity. MacGregor equipment deliveries are scheduled for June 2015.
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