2008 was another record year in the mobile harbour crane market (just!). This year may well be difficult, but the inherent flexibility of the cranes will help to sustain their popularity.
The references supplied by Liebherr, Gottwald and Reggiane (see tables 1-3 on next page) for 2008 come to a total of 207 cranes, another year on year record for the mobile harbour crane sector, beating the 2007 figure by one crane. Gottwald is showing 92 cranes, including one rail-mounted (HSK) and three pontoon-mounted (HPK) variants on its mobile harbour crane principle, compared to 96 last year (- 4%). Reggiane is showing 13 cranes compared to 22 in 2007 (-40%), while Liebherr’s output has gone up by 16% from 88 to 102 cranes including one railmounted (LPS) variant....
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