Liebherr has upgraded three cranes at Port Liberty (formerly Global Container Terminals) in New York.
Ship to shore container cranes in ports can be upgraded to handle larger vessels by being made taller and given more outreach. Liebherr’s Transform division has carried out work on three of the four STS cranes at Port Liberty, with the fourth to follow.
Liebherr increased the lifting height of the STS cranes by 8.6 metres and added 5 metres to the outreach. Port Liberty can now offer a better service to its customers.
To increase the height Liebherr used a patented jacking system, where the STS crane’s end carriage is used as a stable base for jacking. The advantage of this is that less equipment is needed. An important element of this type of project is to not disrupt port operations and minimise downtime.
The Liebherr Transform division offer an upgrade and modification service with the aim of making cranes “stronger, faster, smarter, greener, and ultimately better.”
Liebherr Container Cranes is based in Killarney, Ireland. Ship to shore cranes rubber tyred gantry cranes and straddle carriers are manufactured there. Opened in 1958, it was the first Liebherr factory outside Germany.
