MESSINA ORDERS MORE JUMBO RAMPS Italian container shipping specialist Ignazio Messina & C. SpA has ordered repeat MacGregor RoRo access and transfer equipment for four 45,000 dwt multi-purpose container/RoRo vessels under construction at STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in Korea. MacGregor’s hardware supply includes a 49.5m-long jumbo quarter ramp with a driveway breadth of 27.8m at the ship end reducing to12.5m at the shore end, and a maximum carrying capacity of 350 tonnes. It
will also deliver one stern door, two ramp covers, two rampway doors, six division doors, and hydraulic power packs. The RoRo equipment will be delivered between the last quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2014. “We delivered near identical equipment packages for four 240m sisterships built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company (DSME) in 2012,” says Tommy Andersson, Director, Contract Management for MacGregor.
“The performance of our equipment is critical to the success of Messina’s operations and this repeat order is testament to the confidence that the company has in it.” The DSME deliveries were headed by the 45,200 dwt Jolly Diamante, which is one of the largest RoRo container vessels in the world, carrying up to 2,273 cars and 3,000 TEU. It was followed into service for Messina Line by sister ships Jolly Perla, Jolly Cristallo, and Jolly Quarzo.
MacGregor delivered near identical equipment packages for four 240m sisterships built at DSME in 2012 and headed by the 45,200 dwt ConRo Jolly Diamante Photo: Ignazio Messina & C. SPA
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