The crane will operate on Berth 3 and 4 at the Townsville port and complement the company’s two existing LHM cranes, a LHM 550 and an LHM 1300.
The crane has been specified with double supporting pads and software that will assist in meeting the quay’s limitations. In addition, the LHM 420 is fitted to operate with the Rotabox system for dust-free high-value mineral handling.
Chris Ullett, general manager at Northern Stevedoring Services, said: "It’s taken a few months to get quay approval, but Liebherr never gave up, offering solutions to all the problems.
"The quay has many restrictions, but between the port authority, Liebherr and ourselves, we finally made it work."
Gordon Clark, a salesman at Liebherr, added: "We’ve had a few sales on the West coast last year, as well as Darwin. It’s been a while since we have delivered a crane here in the East, so great to win this order.
"I think the support of Morrow in the area has helped us a lot in the last years."
This brings Liebherr Maritime Cranes’ mobile harbour crane tally for Australia up to 10 in the last 18 months, with two for Fremantle, one for Bunbury, Geraldton, Port Hedland and Darwin, three for Henderson and now one for Townsville."
