Port of Felixstowe receives cranes from China
The Hutchison-operated port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of one ship-to-shore gantry crane and nine rubber-tired gantry cranes from Shanghai-based Zhenhua Port Machinery Co.
The fully erected cranes arrived at the United Kingdom port after a nine week ocean journey from China.
The new rubber-tired gantry cranes are capable of lifting one container over five and can straddle seven rows of containers. The ship-to-shore gantry crane can handle containers stowed 22-wide and can twin-lift containers weighing up to 85 tons. All the new cranes will be operational at the port’s Trinity Terminal, and increase the number of rubber-tired cranes at the port to more than 100, and ship-to-shore gantry cranes to 25.
It is anticipated that the cranes will be fully operational by the end of the year, following full commissioning tests.
Port of Felixstowe receives cranes from China
