UK port purchases six additional diesel-electric straddle carriers
Liverpool Port has announced a significant multi-million pound investment in container handling equipment.
The English port has purchased six diesel-electric straddle carriers, one Liebherr and five Terex (Noell), to bring its overall terminal fleet capacity to 40.
The purchases have introduced a new supplier to the port, which handles over 33 million tonnes of cargo annually, in Liebherr, following a successful trial.
The equipment has been fitted with the terminal’s Navis/ITS GPRS operating platform and is fully integrated with the existing fleet.
“Both straddle carrier models are able to stack three containers in height (1 over 2), with the Liebherrstraddle carrier providing extendable twin-lift spreader capability,” commented Peel Ports-Mersey’s engineering manager, Brad Crumbleholme.
“The Port of Liverpool has worked closely with designers in Germany to enhance the standard design of the carriers, maximising safety and improving maintainability, ensuring the specification is aligned to the business’s strategic objectives.”
“The investment in the straddle carrier fleet comes against a backdrop of substantial asset replacements and upgrades at the port, and in addition to the £300 million investment in our planned deep water container terminal, Liverpool 2, which will be operational in 2015,” added Crumbleholme.
Peel Port’s Liverpool 2 project includes the build of a new deep water container terminal in the River Mersey, which will be capable of handling the larger post-Panamax vessels that are currently unable to call Liverpool’s docks.
In July, the European Investment Bank (EIB) granted a £150 million loan to the Atlantic Gateway project Liverpool 2 at Port Seaforth.
Comments
Post a Comment