Feature 3 | CRANES AND CARGO HANDLING
Emerson gets with the marine programme
Te development of a discrete marine-focused business unit by US$24 billion a year turnover, 130,000 staff strong corporation Emerson Process Management.
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rocess automation giant Emerson Process Management is now a player in the marine market, following the 2007
acquisitions of Sweden’s Rosemount Marine (the developer of the TankRadar STaR gauging system), Finland’s SF-Control (the developer of the LevelDatic remote tank level gauging, water ingress detection and draſt measuring systems) and Denmark’s Damcos (the developer of valve remote control systems). Tese businesses are now bundled together
in Emerson’s Marine Tank Management System offering, which purports to be a complete, integrated solution for the monitoring and control of all tank-related functions on any type of ship. Te Marine Tank Management business
is now 600 staff strong, with operations continuing in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and manufacturing plants also based in China and South Korea, as well as sale offices in Poland, Germany, The
“We have developed a new approach, where we let the customer choose which systems he wants. We bring a range of expertise, and we can offer standalone products or
combined systems.”
Netherlands, and Croatia. According to Ville Parpala, EPS sales manager Marine Tank Management, based
in Helsinki: “We have developed a new approach, where we let the customer choose which systems he wants. We bring a range of expertise, and we can offer standalone products or combined systems”. Thus, a customer may wish to install
hydraulic actuators and valve remote systems under the Damcos brand, complete with an hydraulic power pack and a communications unit to interface with the loading computer. Alternatively, EPS itself could supply the loading computer itself, as well as the alarm control monitoring system. This could be augmented by the Rosemount tank level gauge, and the electro-pneumatic LevelDatic tank level gauge, or the transmitter type MAS2600 gauge. In 2009, the range of available products will
be further extended. EPS is close to launching a new draught measurement system, augment its LevelDatic range, and unveil a new “3 in 1” tank radar gauge. NA
MacGregor supplies flexible solution Total cargo handling solution for heavy liſt ships designed by MacGregor.
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E shipping Lines Pte Ltd and Polarkonsult has awarded MacGregor a contract to supply its total cargo
handling solution for its latest heavy liſt vessel design, with four ships due in 2010. The vessels are being trailed as more flexible in terms of handling over-length project cargoes than has hitherto been the case. “We are looking for an environmentally-
friendly, cost efficient and reliable solutions to transport project cargo, with a focus on servicing and the wind energy market with our new ships. Working in close cooperation with MacGregor…at the early stage will ensure that the cargo handling will be functional and most efficient for our needs and demands,” said Gaurav Bansal, chief
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executive of SE Shipping Lines. “MacGregor has spent considerable
time working with the customer, with its design consultant, Polarkonsult, and with JKL-Shipbrokers AS of Norway who is acting as brokers for the Owner to develop this concept vessel”, MacGregor sales manager, Svante Lundberg, added. The cargo handling systems will be
installed onboard four 25,000dwt heavy liſt vessels being constructed for SE Shipping Lines Pte Ltd at Wenzhou Zhangou, China. MacGregor will also supply hatch covers and its latest 450tonne SWL cranes. Te delivery of the system is due in 2010 with the first of the four vessels going in to service in late 2010.
Te cargo-handling shipsets will include;
two electro-hydraulic GLH deck cranes, which will have a liſting capacity of up to 450tonnes, a maximum hoisting speed of 36m/min, a luffing time of 150-220 seconds, and a maximum slewing speed of 0.65rpm. Fourteen folding and rolling type hatch
cover panels will be operated by external hydraulic cylinders and manually cleated and weathertight. Sealing between the hatchcover and the coaming will be achieved through rubber packing, which is fitted on the panel and tightened against the coaming. Te packing will be of the sliding type, acting directly on the stainless steel mating plate on top of the coaming. NA
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