Four post-Panamax cranes were designed to meet specific requirements of Port Everglades, including strict aircraft clearance requirements and efficient structures to withstand hurricane winds. The inclined landside leg significantly reduced the weight. An improved adjustable boom hanger system increased reliability and enhanced boom travel performance.
Tag: Crane Projects
POLB Crane Procurement
Liftech performed structural design review of Mitsui and ZPMC cranes. Liftech Consultants Inc. and McKay International Engineers prepared the procurement specifications, evaluated technical portions of the bids, and reviewed the designs and quality control documents. Liftech reviewed the design and construction in Japan and China.
APL Crane Procurement, Ports of Los Angeles, Kaohsiung, and Karachi
Liftech Consultants Inc. and McKay International Engineers prepared the procurement specifications, evaluated technical portions of the bids, and reviewed the designs and quality control documents. Liftech reviewed the design and a portion of the construction in Abu Dhabi.
Massport Low Profile Crane Design
Liftech provided the conceptual and final structural design and detail drawings for two post-Panamax low profile container cranes. The inclined landside leg significantly reduced the overall weight, reduced the wheel loads, and allowed for a lightweight boom.
APL Crane Modifications and Relocation, Seattle to Panama
APL needed two quay cranes quickly for their operation in Colon, Panama. Liftech helped them convert one crane and transfer both. The Paceco crane on the left in the picture above began life in 1982 at the Port of Oakland on 100’ gage rails. Several years later, it was moved to Seattle. In 1994, Liftech designed a scheme to modify and move the crane to its current location in Panama.
Liebherr Crane Move, Manila, Philippines
The goal: reposition a Liebherr Tango lightweight dockside crane. The Liebherr Tango crane is light and flexible. Unlike typical dockside container cranes, the landside legs are pinned at the top. The crane loses stability when its landside legs are not supported by the gantry rail. Liftech successfully designed a scheme to move the light crane safely on dock.
Port of Oakland Crane Modifications and Relocation
A new client at the Port of Oakland required post-Panamax cranes. The Port had two Hitachi Panamax cranes available at the client’s berth and a Paceco Panamax low profile crane at another berth. The two Hitachi cranes were raised 20 feet.
Port Melbourne Crane Relocation
Liftech designed a lifting scheme and analyzed the crane structure for transporting a Paceco crane across a channel. The crane was lifted at four points using two shipboard derricks. It was secured outside the ship for transport.
Buenos Aires Container Terminal, Relocation of Liebherr Container Crane
Privatization of Buenos Aires’s container terminals resulted in the relocation of River Plate Container Terminal, an Argentine stevedoring company, to new facilities within the harbor. Liftech designed a scheme to relocate two Liebherr cranes and one Morris crane. Each fully erected crane was lifted with a 1,000-ton capacity floating crane using a specially designed lifting truss.
Port of Oakland Crane Repair
On February 7, 1997, a ship struck a Krupp crane at the Port of Oakland. The bow hit one of the waterside legs just above the portal beam, about 45’ above the rail. The impact pushed the waterside legs 35” to the right and 30” toward the land. Because the wheels remained on the rail, the sill beams at the waterside and landside partially separated from the equalizer beams.