Port Everglades operates seven 1990s, 46.5-LT capacity low profile STS cranes at their Southport terminal for servicing vessels up to 16 containers across. The port is also serving vessels up to 22 containers across with up to 8 high on deck and purchased new 65-LT capacity cranes. Liftech made studies to determine parameters for the new cranes and identify required upgrades to…
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SSA Marine ZPMC Crane Raise, Port of Oakland, California
Port of Oakland tenant SSA Marine increased the lift height of four 1999 Port of Oakland ZPMC STS cranes by 26 feet to accommodate the larger vessels calling at the port.
Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) Downtown San Francisco Ferry Terminal Expansion
WETA is expanding ferry service dramatically to accommodate a significant increase in ridership during the past several years. Part of this expansion includes increasing the overall size of the WETA Downtown San Francisco terminal, adding two new ferry gates, and refurbishing the float at an existing gate. The additional gates and more spacious terminal will significantly improve capacity and quality of service.
Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), Central Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility Design, Alameda, California
This new Operations & Maintenance Facility is the home base for the SF Bay Ferry fleet in the central bay. The facility will be used to maintain vessels operating on the Alameda, Oakland, Richmond, and South San Francisco ferry routes, and to coordinate emergency transportation services during a regional disaster, disruption in transportation, or both.
DP World STS Crane Relocation, South Carolina to Canada
DP World purchased two used Paceco Espana ship-to-shore cranes from a terminal in South Carolina to service 16-wide, 6,500 TEU ships calling at their terminal in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Crane Procurement – Long Beach Container Terminal, Automated Stacking Cranes (Yard RMG Crane) Intermodal Yard Cranes (Wide Span RMG Crane)
LBCT purchased up to 70 ASCs and 5 IYCs from ZPMC. Liftech provided crane technical specifications, structural design assistance and design review, and limited fabrication review services. We also reviewed the trolley structures.
Maher Liebherr STS Crane Design Review
Maher Terminals purchased four ship-to-shore cranes from Liebherr. Two of the cranes have a longer outreach and heavier rated load. Liftech provided crane procurement services including a review of the structural design of the cranes and trolleys, as-needed review of the mechanical design, and crane manufacturing audits at Liebherr’s facilities in Killarney, Ireland.
MES Barge Crane for Matson with Rotating Boom and Headblock
Liftech helped design this Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. barge crane with a rotating boom and headblock for Matson. The headblock hangs from a rotating hoist platform. During normal operations, when the boom rotates, the headblock rotates relative to the boom so that the headblock does not rotate relative to the vessel.
TRP ZPMC Crane Boom Extension
Terminales Rio de la Plata S.A. purchased two ZPMC cranes in 2005 and 2007 for their Buenos Aires terminal. The cranes, with 65 LT capacity, 18.5 m rail span, and 36-m lift height, had a 45-m outreach. Liftech provided engineering services to TRP to extend the outreach by 6 m to 51 m. Liftech initially provided a study, which verified that the calculated wheel loads for the crane with boom extension were within the allowable values, and the modified cranes met the specified stability requirements.
Sydney Low Profile Crane Procurement
Liftech assisted Sydney International Container Terminals Pty Ltd with structural design and review of four post-Panamax ZPMC low profile shuttle boom cranes for their new container terminal across from an airport in Sydney, Australia.