Felixstowe's new North Rail Terminal will be equipped with three of Liebherr's RMG cranes
Liebherr Container Cranes has announced that it has received an order for the supply of three Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes to the new North Rail Terminal in the Port of Felixstowe.
The supply of these RMG cranes will complement the existing Liebherr STS cranes, which have been in operation at the British port for well over a decade.
“The Liebherr RMG cranes that we are manufacturing for the North Rail Terminal at Felixstowe will have a lifespan of many decades and will be an integral part of the Port of Felixstowe’s continued growth in the years ahead, said Liebherr Container Cranes’ sales and marketing manager, Gerry Bunyan.
“With this in mind, these cranes have been designed with a number of features that will facilitate easy conversion to automatic cranes should it be required in a number of years.”
The RMG cranes supplied to Felixstowe are part of an expansion strategy that will see intermodal capacity at Felixstowe double when the new terminal reaches its full capacity.
Last week, the Port of Felixstowe held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the formal commencement of the new North Rail Terminal project.
The cranes, to be delivered to the terminal, will boast a span of 31 meters, an operational outreach of 17.1 meters on the wide leg side and 12.8 meters on the narrow.
Each crane will have a lift height of 9.8 meters and a safe working load of 41 tonnes under telescopic spreader, with each crane trolley capable of slewing within a 2400 range.
The hoist of the RMG cranes has a speed of 30 meters per minute (m/min) when fully loaded and 60 m/min under empty spreader. The cranes can trolley at a speed of 100 m/min and have a top travel speed of 115m/min, according to Liebherr.
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