Port of Montreal receives two new post-Panamax electric gantry cranes

The Port of Montreal’s Cast Terminal has received the first two of four post-Panamax electric gantry cranes, with the remaining two due for delivering in the first quarter of next year.

Built in Ireland by Liebherr Container Cranes, it is hoped that the machines will enable terminal operator Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership (MGTP) to benefit from the latest and most efficient technology.

Able to handle post-Panamax vessels up to 20 containers wide, the new ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes boast a safe working load (SWL) of 65 tonnes under twin lift spreader, 88 SWL under the crane hook, an outreach of 55.38 m, a span of 15.24 m and a backreach of 18.29 m.