[WRE ADVISOR | BUSINESS] Cargotec’s ship unloading equipment


“We have already delivered crane winches in marine


applications where the wire weight itself is 250 to 300


tons.”– Mr. Ismo Matinlauri, Senior Vice President of Cargotec


that will hopefully one day present new materials and opportunities in this respect. In the meantime, at Cargotec, we are working on a new fibre rope system, where we have increased crane capacity by adding fibre rope “pieces” - which are weight neutral in water - to the existing steel rope. Tis is still being investigated and developed.” Meanwhile, Ms Schliessmann remains concerned about the cost of using copper cables on ship-to- shore cranes, particularly given the high cost of this commodity at the moment. Copper cables also have technical limitations in that


they have to send power, control and data transmission all along the same conduit, which can also be something of a technical challenge.


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