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Work Starts on SCT Cranes Installation
01 Jul 2007
Work has started on the installation of a new crane rail at Southampton Container Terminals (SCT) to accommodate the two new post-panamax quayside gantry cranes which are due to be operational during the second quarter of 2008.
The initial phase of the works include the installation of a third crane rail on berths 205 and 206, which involves the quayside being piled and excavated into which will be cast a concrete beam to house the new crane rail.
This work is scheduled to be completed by the end of
August 2007.
The new cranes will have an outreach of 22 container rows wide on the deck of a
ship with a lift of 45m, which will enable SCT to service the new generation of
very large container vessels.
As part of the procurement process and in conjunction with the supplier,
Leibherr Cranes, SCT donated £50,000 to three local charities. Both Naomi
House, a children’s hospice for the terminally ill based north of Winchester, and the Marine Society & Sea Cadets each
received £20,000 and a donation of £10,000 was given to the Piam Brown Ward, a
children’s cancer ward at the Southampton General Hospital.
