“Consorzio degli armatori del mediterraneo” is the Italian Shipowners Research Consortium which consists of 6 shipowners (Augusta Due, Marnavi, L.G.R. di Navigazione, Gestioni Armatoriali, Elbana di Navigazione, Perseveranza). According to the contract, Transas dual Navi-Sailor 4000 ECDIS Premium systems will be installed onboard of 64 oil/chemical tanker and bulk carrier vessel. Members of the Consorzio will also have options to order official charts through Transas Admiralty Data Service TADS, service and maintenance, and receive ECDIS generic and type-specific training from Transas.

The supply and installations will run to the end of 2015.

Marco Casalini, Navigation Sales Manager at Transas Mediterranean comments: “Consorzio degli armatori del mediterraneo was looking for a company able to deliver a Complete ECDIS solution with a single reference for a customer. Transas, being a world leading ECDIS and official charts supplier, is able to support customers in every aspect when it comes to transition to ECDIS, including hardware, software, training, service and maintenance and more. This project was a big challenge for Transas and I am happy to welcome the Consorzio onboard as our customer and partner”.

The contract with “Consorzio degli armatori del mediterraneo” is a great achievement for Transas in the Italian maritime market, which will pave the way to even better results and further projects for newbuilds and retrofit installations.

Materials handling at ThyssenKrupp Resource Technologies stands for the design engineering and construction of complete handling facilities for port terminals and stockyards. In 1975, ship loading and unloading equipment was supplied to the Odessa Port Plant, a chemical plant in Yuzhne/Ukraine producing ammonia, urea and other chemical products. Now the customer is once again putting its faith in the expertise of ThyssenKrupp Resource Technologies, a subsidiary of plant engineering specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, with an order for a new 1,000 ton per hour ship loader. The originally supplied handling equipment has been operating to the customer’s complete satisfaction for almost four decades. Now the abrasive effects of urea combined with the coastal location have made it necessary to replace one of the older ship loaders. The reliability of the existing equipment and continuous contact with the customer were key factors in the decision to place the new order with ThyssenKrupp.

 A full range of specialist engineering and construction services and a shipbuilding history stretching back centuries are the strengths of the ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions business area. High-quality engineering is at the center of our success. Global project management skills, first-class system integration expertise, reliable procurement and supplier management, and a service offering meeting the highest standards form the basis for lasting customer satisfaction. 18,500 employees at over 70 locations form a global network with a technology portfolio that guarantees maximum productivity and cost-efficiency.

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These ships included the 10,000 TEU Hanjin Spain, the first of the new weekly PSX service at T46. Prior to the Hanjin Spain, the largest vessel to enter Puget Sound was the 349 meter Zim Djibouti, which called at T-18 until 2012. In addition, we’ve seen the COSCO Guangzhou, 9,600 TEU, at T-46 several times. The Port of Seattle is Big Ship ready!

The total value of these orders amounts to EUR 12 million.

In the largest of these orders, Cavotec is to manufacture and supply more than 50 ship-based Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) units for a major container shipping line. 

Cavotec is also supplying a substantial number of AMP cable management systems for four separate customers in China and South Korea. These units will be fitted to container vessels.

Another project in China will see the Group deliver 16 AMP cable management units for installation on bulk carrier ships. This order will take the number of AMP units Cavotec has supplied for bulk applications in the past 12 months to more than 30.

And in a further order, for a customer in the UK the Group is to supply, install and commission ship-based AMP and cable management systems for two new-build 9,000 TEU container vessels.

For this project, Cavotec will manufacture cable management systems that will be placed in two specially adapted 40ft “High Cube” AMP containers, together with Medium Voltage systems and control equipment.

The contract includes training at Cavotec’s facility in Shanghai, and commissioning in the US where the ships fitted with the units will call, at the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland.

“The scope and geographical breadth of these orders underlines Cavotec’s ability to manage complex projects and deliver innovative technologies to customers around the world,” explains Gustavo Miller, Managing Director Cavotec Shanghai.

Cavotec will also supply a further 10 container-housed AMP systems for a customer in South Korea. The systems will be fitted to new-build container vessels.

“Cavotec now has more than 20 AMP container-housed units on order — almost certainly more than any other manufacturer of these type of shore power systems,” says Luciano Corbetta, Group Market Unit Manager, Cavotec Ports & Maritime.

With these orders, there are now more than 500 Cavotec AMP units that are installed, or currently being installed on ships, while ports across North America and Europe also use the technology.

The global ports industry is facing intensifying pressure, in the form of legal requirements and public sentiment, to reduce emissions from ships. AMP enables ships in port to connect to shore side electrical power and switch off their engines, thus reducing emissions and cutting fuel costs.

Cavotec’s AMP systems are uniquely varied: with on shore, ship-based, fixed or mobile, and low and medium voltage systems included in the Group’s offering. Customers include port authorities, shipping lines and defence applications.  

AMP is one of several niche technologies where Cavotec is extending its solid track record of identifying strong growth segments. The above orders follow the award of similar projects to the Group earlier this year, and is a product area with substantial potential going forward.

Other advanced technologies where the Group looks set to build on recent growth is its automated mooring system MoorMaster™ – for which Cavotec recently announced a single order worth EUR 10 million – Human Operator Interface technologies and Electric Vehicles systems.