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New and bigger cranes for Felixstowe

[ July 24, 2017   //   Chris ]

The Port of Felixstowe has ordered two new gantry cranes for its Berths 8 and 9 and work has started to raise ten of the existing cranes on Trinity Terminal.

The new cranes, ordered from ZPMC in Shanghai and due to be delivered in February 2018, will bring the fleet at the port’s newest terminal to 12. They will have a 59.5 metre outreach from the quay, sufficient to allow them to handle future generations of container vessels with containers stowed up to 24-wide across the deck.

The maximum operating height of 10 of the cranes on Trinity Terminal, also built by ZPMC, will be increased to 46.5 metres by December 2018. The greater height will allow them to work vessels with containers stowed up to 11 high on deck unrestricted under all tidal conditions.

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