21.07.2020

Largest US mobile harbour crane

Port Canaveral, Florida is now operating the largest mobile harbour crane in the United States, with its custom modified 154 tonne Liebherr LHM 600, equipped with a 58 metre boom plus a special tower extension and double layer winch for a maximum lifting height of up to 70 metres. The crane is being used to handle all types of heavy cargo including space programme related loads for the NASA facility.
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Port Canaveral chief executive captain John Murray said: “The current technology in the mobile harbour crane has hydraulics where you can control everything from the cab, just like you can on a rail mounted gantry, but you have further possibilities. The space industry is landing more vehicles offshore on platforms and bringing them back to the port, so we needed a crane that could lift that kind of cargo. It has to handle both the weight and height of the rocket booster. The new crane can even service ships at the port’s cruise terminal.”
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Winston Ziegler, senior sales manager for Liebherr Maritime Cranes and Reachstackers, added: “We are excited to see Canaveral Port Authority use the Liebherr mobile harbour LHM 600 high rise crane within the space industry. We were able to adapt the LHM 600 with the double layer winch which provides the special lifting height to unload the space components. This crane provides Port Canaveral flexibility for all their upcoming operations including that it is also capable going 18 containers wide."