The contract was Konecranes UK’s biggest single refurbishment contract in the UK region. It commenced with the design phase in summer 2004, before manufacturing started in 2005.

The project was extended from its original 2006 completion date to 2007 “due to several requested changes and further improvement requirements from the original specification,” it said.

The original cranes were supplied in 1984 by J H Carruthers, now part of Konecranes UK.