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Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes
01 Jan 2004
The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe's Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age.
Now, due to the increased operational height of many modern containerships, the four cranes need to have their height raised by 3m. This will involve a major jack-up operation to enable new leg sections to be fitted to each crane. In addition to the height increase, each crane will have its elevator access altered, all travel motors rewired, all hoist ropes replaced and hoist motors removed for overhaul.
The contract to undertake the work was awarded to Konecranes UK and is due for completion by February 2004. Work on the further expansion of Trinity Terminal is also underway, with an additional 270m of deepwater quay due for completion in the middle of this year.
MJ Information No: 19013
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