21.03.2012

Demag double in Germany

German port and industrial crane manufacturer Demag Cranes has received two crane orders from German ports.

The first order for a Gottwald GHMK 6407 mobile harbour crane is from energy supplier Heilbronner Versorgungs. The mobile harbour crane will be supplied complete with a spreader and used in the port on the river Neckar for loading and unloading the river barges as well as handling containers at the terminal.
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The Gottwald GHMK 6407 being loaded into a barge to be assembled at the port

The G HMK 6407 has a maximum lifting capacity of 100 tonnes and a working radius of 51 metres. It is also the first ever Gottwald mobile harbour crane to be used on the Neckar.
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The Gottwald GHMK 6407 mobile harbour crane for the port on the river Neckar

The second order is for a GHMK 8610 and a GHMK 3405 mobile harbour cranes to heavy duty port operator Rendsburg Port Authority. Located in Osterrönfield the cranes will be set up on the Kiel Canal for handling project cargo – in particular large components for wind energy installations.

The cranes will work in tandem with each other with the smaller 100 tonne HMK 3405 supporting the larger 150 tonne capacity 8610. Herwig Schröder, managing director of Rendsburg Port Authority said: “In tandem operation the two Gottwald cranes have a lifting capacity of up to 250 tonnes which is more than any other mobile harbour crane combination in Schleswig-Holstein.”