A post taken from World Maritime News (edited version)
By Gareth Lewis
Tuesday 4th March 2008SOUTHAMPTON container port has placed an order for two new super-cranes - worth a combined £10m- as it struggles to get its operations back to normal after January's crane accident. The super post-panamax gantry cranes - which are able to span vessels 22 boxes wide - will come into operation in August 2009. One of the new super-cranes will replace crane 8, which collapsed on to the Kyoto Express on January 18. They are in addition to the two supercranes that will be commissioned into operation in June. It will bring SCT's total number of super-cranes to four.
The Port of Felixstowe, in Suffolk, was left with a reported £1m damage bill after the enormous cranes were blown over in fierce 80mph (128km/h) winds. A part of the port was closed after a ship delivering new cranes broke free of its moorings and crashed into cranes on the quayside on Saturday. It's understood the costly accident won't have a major impact on operations, with 26 cranes still operational.
1 comment:
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