Cargotec Receives Hatch Cover Orders for Ten Container Ships Worth
More than EUR 20 million
Cargotec Corporation, Press Release, May 26, 2008 at 1.00 p.m.
Finnish time
Cargotec's MacGREGOR business area providing marine cargo handling
and offshore load handling solutions has received significant hatch
cover orders for ten 9,000 TEU-class container ships being built in
Japan. The orders include design, fabrication and painting work of
hatch covers. The hatch covers will be delivered during 2009 - 2012
and the value of the order is more than EUR 20 million.
The hatch covers will be manufactured by MacGREGOR partner plants in
China.
Sender:
Cargotec Corporation
Eeva Mäkelä
CFO
For further information, please contact:
Ilkka Lyytikäinen, Senior Sales Manager, Dry Cargo Division,
MacGREGOR
tel. +358 2 4121 225
Minna Karhu, Vice President, Corporate Communications, tel. +358 204
55 4630
Cargotec improves the efficiency of cargo flows by offering handling
systems and the related services for the loading and unloading of
goods. Cargotec's brands, Hiab, Kalmar and MacGREGOR, are global
market leaders in their fields and their solutions are used on land
and at sea - wherever cargo is on the move. Extensive services close
to customers ensure the continuous usability of equipment. Cargotec
is the technology leader in its field, its R&D focusing on innovative
solutions that take environmental considerations into account.
Cargotec's sales are EUR 3 billion and the company employs over
11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange Helsinki.
www.cargotec.com
