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MARINE CRANES
INDUSTRY FOCUS
DECEMBER 2013
ACT
Gottwald floating cranes are suitable for
all types of cargo and a wide range of
handling scenarios. The high-performance
machines come into their own in ship-to-
ship transshipment as well as ship-to-quay
handling, whether in ports, on-shore
waters or on the open sea. The cranes are
approved for and able to work in wind
speeds of up to 24 m/s and wave heights of
up to 2.5 m (8.2 feet).
Mexico’s West Coast
With the emergence of Asian markets
and exports, port terminals on the west
coast of Mexico are becoming increasingly
important. German crane manufacturer
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has used this
momentum to deliver several of its mobile
harbor cranes (LHMs) to strengthen the
infrastructure of terminals in the region.
In Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, Liebherr
supplied a LHM 550 mobile harbor crane
in 2011. This year, the port opted for
three more LHM 600s. One of the new
machines will be the first LHM in Mexico
equipped with Liebherr’s hybrid power
booster Pactronic, allowing for up to 30
percent more turnover in combination
with reduced fuel consumption and
lowered emissions of about 30 percent,
Liebherr said.
Also, more LHMs were delivered
to Manzanillo, Mexico’s busiest port,
achieving a throughout of 1.99 million
TEUs in 2012. TEUs (the 20-foot
W
ith constantly increasing
freight volumes mixing
with rising costs, Gary
Poirrier, director of Associated Terminals
LLC in Louisiana had to address his
customers’ needs.
“Customers expected us to handle their
freight without delay,” Poirrier said. So
to address their needs – and his own –
Associated Terminals purchased a Model
8 floating crane from Terex Port Solutions
(TPS).
The Model 8 is the 30th model to be
sold from TPS and will be used for bulk
handling operations in the Port of South
Louisiana. The crane will be configured as
a G HPK 8400 B four-rope grab variant.
It will join seven other Terex Gottwald
floating cranes in AT’s fleet as well as a
total of 19 Terex Gottwald floating cranes
on the Mississippi River.
“Since TPS transferred its high-
performance mobile harbor crane
technology to floating cranes, AT has been
able to keep abreast of requirements,”
Poirrier said.
The increase of floating cranes on the
Mississippi is a clear indication of how
cargo is being handled on the river and in
ports across the U.S.
“The Mississippi River has contributed
its own special chapter to this story, but
we have also been able to demonstrate
very successfully the benefits of our
floating cranes to operators in other parts
of the world,” said Giuseppe Di Lisa, vice
president of sales and service at Terex Port
Solutions.
According to Terex Port Solutions,
equivalent unit) are an inexact unit of
cargo capacity often used to describe the
capacity of container ships and container
terminals.
It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-
long intermodal container, a standard-
sized metal box which can be easily
transferred between different modes of
transportation, such as ships, trains and
trucks, according to sources.
Manzanillo is located close to various
metropolitan areas. The newest crane,
having been delivered only this year, is
also an LHM 600, which, according to
Liebherr, represents the biggest container
handling mobile harbor crane in
Manzanillo with a 190-foot outreach.
Liebherr has also seen demand for its
mobile harbor cranes continue to grow
in Latin America, as ongoing economic
development in the region drives demand
for cargo handling equipment.
In 2011, Liebherr delivered 16 mobile
harbor cranes to Latin America. Demand
remained constant in 2012, with 15 LHMs
delivered to the region.
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While the Mississippi
River gets its fair share
of floating cranes, ports
across the Americas are
seeing an increase in
harbor activity.
Lindsey
Anderson
reports on
port cranes.
From ship to shore
This Terex Port Solutions’ Model 8 is
the 30th model to be sold from TPS
and will be used for bulk handling
operations in the Port of South
Louisiana, the largest
port in the U.S.
In Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico,
Liebherr supplied a LHM 550
mobile harbor crane in 2011.
