Each of the Liebherr gantry cranes has a span of 31.00m with an operational outreach of 17.1m on the wide leg side and 12.8m on the narrow leg side. Lift height is 9.8m and safe working load is 41 tonnes under telescopic spreader. Each crane trolley is capable of slewing within a 2400 range.
The Hoist has a speed of 30m/min when fully loaded and 60m/min under empty spreader. The crane can trolley at a speed of 100m/min and has a top travel speed of 115m/min.
The supply of these RMG cranes will complement the existing Liebherr STS cranes already in operation at Felixstowe since 1998.
The RMG cranes supplied to Felixstowe are part of an expansion strategy that will see intermodal capacity at Felixstowe double when the new terminal reaches its full capacity. Speaking about the cranes destined for Felixstowe, Gerry Bunyan sales and marketing manager at Liebherr Container Cranes commented.
“The Liebherr RMG cranes that we are manufacturing for the North Rail Terminal at Felixstowe will have a lifespan of many decades and will be an integral part of the Port of Felixstowe’s continued growth in the years ahead. With this in mind, these cranes have been designed with a number of features that will facilitate easy conversion to automatic cranes should it be required in a number of years.”