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Container Crane Recycling: Upgrade and Relocationr

April 2010

by Arun Bhimani, Derrick Lind, and Catherine Morris

Presented by Anna Dix, Ports 2010 Conference

With the slowing economy and rising prices of new cranes, renovating existing container handling cranes and bulk handling cranes deserves serious consideration. This paper and presentation presents options and considerations for upgrading and relocating existing cranes.

Extreme Loading of Wharf Crane Girders

April 2010

by Erik Soderberg, Michael Jordan, Patrick McCarthy, and Anna Dix

Presented by Anna Dix, Ports 2010 Conference

This paper and presentation presents what happens when wharf crane girders are subjected to extreme loads near or beyond their calculated design capacity, the performance that can reasonably be expected when extreme loads occur, and when extreme loads should be considered in the design of wharf crane girders.