A move towards greater efficiency
One of the three rail-mounted ship-to-shore gantry cranes, which weighs 650 tonnes, was moved to allow the terminal’s two biggest cranes to be positioned alongside each other.
Paul Mcgrath, PD Ports Hull general manager, said: “We moved one of our two larger 35 tonne capacity quay cranes to allow them to operate alongside each other, rather than being separated by our smaller 29 tonne capacity crane.
“By changing the set up, our two larger cranes will become our mainline cranes, while the smallest will become back-up.
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