PCTCs to feature RoRo equipment
MacGREGOR has secured a contract that will see the first pure car/truck carriers fitted with a complete set of electrically-driven RoRo equipment, totally eliminating the use of hydraulic oil in the operating system.
MacGREGOR has received a contract to deliver totally electrically-driven sets of RoRo equipment to two pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs).
The contract is with Japanese shipyard Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co Ltd for two 4,000-unit PCTCs: one for Japanese owner MOL and the other for a Korean owner. Each vessel will be equipped with one stern quarter ramp, one side ramp and two internal hoistable ramps, all of which will be operated and secured by means of electric winches and actuators. Delivery of all equipment is scheduled for 2010.
“Over the last few years, MacGREGOR has delivered, and been contracted to deliver, over 100,000m2 of electrically-operated car decks, internal hoistable ramps and covers,” says Magnus Sjöberg, director of sales for MacGREGOR’s RoRo business line. “These first car carriers with complete electric-drive operation of the RoRo equipment – including the external ramps – is a breakthrough and the result of MacGREGOR’s intensive R&D work responding to customers wanting to move away from the use of hydraulic oil completely”.
MacGREGOR highlights a number of advantages of the electric drives compared with hydraulically-operated units:
Advantages for the shipowner
no oil pollution or damage to goods by hydraulic oil as no hydraulic oil is required
maintenance friendly
energy saving as continuous running is not required
easy to monitor
no change in operating times in cold conditions.
Advantages for the shipbuilder
cable wiring is easier than piping
no flushing work is required
no need for hydraulics specialists
no pump unit required.
MacGREGOR has received a contract to deliver totally electrically-driven sets of RoRo equipment to two pure car/truck carriers (PCTCs).
The contract is with Japanese shipyard Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co Ltd for two 4,000-unit PCTCs: one for Japanese owner MOL and the other for a Korean owner. Each vessel will be equipped with one stern quarter ramp, one side ramp and two internal hoistable ramps, all of which will be operated and secured by means of electric winches and actuators. Delivery of all equipment is scheduled for 2010.
“Over the last few years, MacGREGOR has delivered, and been contracted to deliver, over 100,000m2 of electrically-operated car decks, internal hoistable ramps and covers,” says Magnus Sjöberg, director of sales for MacGREGOR’s RoRo business line. “These first car carriers with complete electric-drive operation of the RoRo equipment – including the external ramps – is a breakthrough and the result of MacGREGOR’s intensive R&D work responding to customers wanting to move away from the use of hydraulic oil completely”.
MacGREGOR highlights a number of advantages of the electric drives compared with hydraulically-operated units:
Advantages for the shipowner
no oil pollution or damage to goods by hydraulic oil as no hydraulic oil is required
maintenance friendly
energy saving as continuous running is not required
easy to monitor
no change in operating times in cold conditions.
Advantages for the shipbuilder
cable wiring is easier than piping
no flushing work is required
no need for hydraulics specialists
no pump unit required.