Kribi Deepwater Port receives STS and RTG cranes
NewsFive STS cranes and two RTGs were delivered to Kribi Deepwater Port, Cameroon, for its Phase II expansion, set for completion in 2024.
…and lose some
I read with interest your recent article “Crane goes swimming with the tide?” on the floating container crane concept from the Royal Haskoning team in Holland.
The Dutch invention seems identical to a concept I developed and described in “The Fourth Revolution” published by Containerisation International (CI) in December 1999 and in “2020 Vision” in CI, January 2000. Moreover, in “Revolution Now,” a more recent CI publication (January 2002), I elaborated on the concept, describing the floating terminal as part of a broader shipping concept and a measure to overcome port constraints. Additional work on the technical aspects of the concept was performed by Michael Jordan of Liftech Consultants, Inc.
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