Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has reported two orders for Terex Gottwald G HMK 8410 mobile harbour cranes in the tworope variant from Chilean customers, both connected with Ultramar SA. One has just been delivered to Terminal Puerto Arica SA (TPA), mainly for container handling. Shortly, it will be followed by an identical G HMK 8410 crane for Compañia Portuaria Mejillones SA in Puerto Angamos.
Both cranes offer heavy-duty lifting capacity curves with a maximum lifting capacity of 100t, an outreach of up to 58m and lifting speeds of 90 m/min. They are supplied with particularly high towers, including correspondingly higher boom pivot points and tower cabs, with a crane operator eye level of 38m. This gives crane operators an excellent view of the vessel and the work area and can (un)load post-NPX container vessels up to 19-wide. Thanks to their geometry, they can also safely serve vessels that, for example due to the high proportion of empty containers, lie particularly high in the water.
Diego Bulnes Valdéz, general manager at TPA, explained: “More and more vessels with up to eight [high] containers stacked on deck are arriving at our terminal in Arica. With the new crane, we can serve these vessels quickly and cost effectively.” The G HMK 8410 crane is the third Gottwald crane in Arica, following deliveries in 2006 of two previous generation HMK 300 Es.
Mejillones is also a returning customer, as it has operated a G HMK 8410 crane since 2010, as well as having a previous generation HMK 280 E. The new crane also has a twin-lift spreader able to lift 2 x 30t 20fts. It will also work with a RAM Revolver 4121 for tipping ores from bulk containers shipped to the port from nearby mines into the holds of bulk ships.
For service, TPS works closely with its Chilean sales partner, Comercial Fesanco SA. In addition, both the new cranes are fitted with the Terex Gottwald Remote Crane Access feature for use by the TPS service team.
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This complete item is approximately 300 words in length, and appeared in the October 2016 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 3. To access this issue download the PDF here.
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