WASHINGTON: Liebherr has delivered mobile harbour and Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes with container handling applications to customers in the Latin American countries of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Mexico, and the Bahamas. In Puerto Rico, the Port of San Juan has taken delivery three new STS container cranes able to lift 65 tonnes with a twin lift spreader. They will be working for American Containership Operator Crowley Maritime in its Isla Grande terminal. In Jamaica, the Port of Kingston has a new mobile harbour crane LHM 600 (highrise version), destined for Kingston Wharves Limited’s multipurpose terminal. As the biggest crane operated in the Caribbean, the LHM 600 will be able to handle fully loaded containers taken from atop the 19th container row. In the Bahamas at Freeport Container Port, Liebherr Maritime Cranes delivered two mobile harbour cranes for Hutchison Port Holding.
Hurricane Matthew had extensively damaged Freeport Container Port’s yard machinery, including two STS cranes that had toppled backwards. In Altamira, Mexico, Liebherr has delivered two new LHM 420, both with a maximum lifting capacity of up to 124 tonnes, for use by energy pipeline provider Bredero Shaw International. The cranes feature a special pipe handling attachment with a camera system for use by the operator. Gerry Bunyan, Sales and Marketing Manager at Liebherr Container Cranes, said: “This is our first order to the island of Puerto Rico and we are happy to play a part in helping to improve the shipping services to the people on the island. “The cranes were designed and manufactured in our Irish facility, where we have been making container cranes since the 1960s, and incorporate the latest technology including semi-automatic mode which maximises the efficiency of container handling.”
