Ireland's Liebherr Container Cranes has received orders to provide three unique articulated boom ship to shore container cranes and also one ship to shore container crane (STS) to Australia.
The company recently completed the testing of articulated boom cranes in their Killarney facility in Ireland. The complete articulated boom and main beam of one of the cranes for Port Botany in Sydney was assembled in Liebherr Container Cranes facility on a special test bed, where it was successfully tested. This articulated boom design allows these large cranes to operate within the height restrictions prevailing at Port Botany, due to its close proximity to Sydney airport.
In addition to the articulated booms, the cranes feature an integrated pinning platform and electronic anti-sway to allow for automatic and semi-automatic operation of the load cycle. The finished cranes will have an outreach of 57 metres, a lifting height over rail of 44.5 metres, a span of 35 metres and a back reach 25.7 metres.
The crane for Fisherman's Island in Brisbane has a safe working load of 65 tonnes under twin lift spreader, an outreach of 50 metres, a span of 25.3 metres, a back reach of 18 metres and a lift height over rail of 37.5 metres.
All four cranes feature automation of both the land and seaside portion of the cycle and are provided with the hardware and infrastructure to allow for eventual full automation and remote control.
Liebherr's automation and development engineers worked with engineers from Patricks Stevedores to ensure that the cranes would integrate seamlessly into the existing automated environment.
These cranes will join five existing Liebherr mobile harbour cranes already in operation at Patricks Terminals in Australia
