New Senior VP for Cargotec's Offshore Business
Pasi Lehtonen has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Cargotec's Offshore business segment, effective from the beginning of January. Lehtonen has worked with Cargotec since 1995, his most recent position being Senior Vice President of Finance for Cargotec's Marine business. He will continue as a member of Marine's management group. In an earlier announcement, Cargotec confirmed the appointment of Tom Svennevig as Vice President for its Offshore segment's advanced load-handling business, and Ilpo Heikkilä as Vice President for its Offshore segment's winch business.
Cargotec wins Award from MHI Shimonoseki Shipyard
Cargotec won the Best Supplier award 2010 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki shipyard in Japan. It was given to Cargotec’s Offshore business and local Japanese team and, in part, is recognition of the company’s drive to understand future customer needs through the provision of an extensive geographic presence and strong collaboration with customers. “This award is a great acknowledgement from an important customer in the Asian market,” says Edvin TunheimTønnessen, Cargotec contract manager, Advanced Load Handling.
Cargotec Delivers Cranes for Volstad OCV
In April Cargotec secured an order to supply two active heave-compensated (AHC) cranes for Volstad Maritime's large offshore construction vessel (OCV) on order at Bergen Group Fosen shipyard in Norway (hull 89), which is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2012. The contract comprises a 250-tonne MacGregor AHC subsea crane and a 15-tonne MacGregor AHC offshore crane. The advanced OCV is an ST-259-CD design from Skipsteknisk, and is 125m long and 25m wide. The vessel is designed to the highest environmental standards and Clean Design requirements. It will be classed to Ice-1A.
Training Simulator for Offshore Crane Operators
Cargotec has developed a simulator to provide valuable, realistic training for operators of offshore load handling equipment employing advanced active heave-compensated (AHC) technology, such as AHC offshore and subsea cranes. The new simulator is an enhancement to Cargotec’s integrated approach to the offshore support sector, whereby the company not only offers complete engineering solutions that optimise functionality for specific ship types, but also distinct value added service products…
