Quay move for Felixstowe South cranes

The cranes, the biggest of their type in the world, are capable of handling future generations of container ships carrying 24 containers wide on deck.

Built by Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) of Shanghai and transported fully erect from China, each crane weighs approximately 2,000 tonnes and is capable of lifting two containers simultaneously up to a total of 70 tonnes.

To increase stability of such large cranes, the distance between the waterside and landside legs (the rail gauge) has been increased from the 30 metres at the Port of Felixstowe’s Trinity Terminal to 35 m.