Port of Dover invests in Liebherr LHM 550 Crane
NewsPort of Dover boosts operations with new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour crane.
TIGER stimulates mobile crane business
The recently announced Transport Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants from the US Department of Transportation provide funds for four ports to purchase five mobile harbour cranes
On the west coast the Port of Portland will use funds from the US$14M it received to purchase one crane while three others will be funded under one US$30M grant to establish a container barge service between the ports of Oakland, Stockton and West Sacramento.
Stockton will get US$18.6M towards purchasing two cranes, expanding its container yard and adding 3200 ft of rail line. West Sacramento will get US$9.5M towards one crane, a barge and a covered facility for container loading.
Also successful in the TIGER process was the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) in the state of Rhode Island which received US$22M to improve and develop facilities for handling wind turbines and containers at the Port of Davisville.
Funding will go towards strengthening the pier and purchasing one mobile harbour crane. The QDC’s application indicated it needed up to 200t lifting capacity.
Outwith the TIGER framework, Manatee County Port Authority has approved the purchase of Port Manatee’s second mobile harborr container crane. The addition of a econd crane will bolster Port Manatee’s container handling capacity, said the port authority.
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