29.08.2013

More Gottwalds for Brazil

Brazilian port operator Fospar has placed an order for its second Model 4 Gottwald harbour crane just over a year after purchasing its first.

Destined for the company’s granulation and deep-water fertiliser terminal in Paranagua, Brazil, the 40 tonne G HSK 4316B is a variant of Terex’s Model 4 harbour crane and features a four rope grab variant. Mounted on rails spanning the length of the finger pier the portal provides clearance height of seven metres and a width of 9.5 metres. It has also been designed to be powered from the harbour’s AC power supply.

Ronaldo Sapateiro, plant manager at Fospar, said: “In around the past one and a half years, as a powerful and reliable machine, the Terex Gottwald portal harbour crane has made a major contribution to increasing our handling rates. For this reason, we have decided to replace the old crane that we are still currently using on the finger pier with a further G HSK 4316 B.”
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Fospar will replace the older crane on its finger pier with the exact same crane it purchased last year

Fospar is the Brazilian port handling division of Mosaic Fertilizers which is the one of the world’s largest combined producer of phosphates and potash.