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Obvously the big two in the mobile Terberg Benschop BV has taken direct Table 4: Country markets accounting tor, appointed Finning (UK) Ltd as its With lifting capacities of 12t-10m/7t-
harbour crane segment are Gottwald and control of its marine and heavy industrial
for * 5 cranes in 2008
dealer for the British market. 16m, the crane is reckoned to be able to
Liebherr, accounting between them for tractor sales in the British Isles, through
Country L G R Total
Of course Finning is also Caterpillar’s handle up to 350 tph. “With the new
well over 90% of the market. The global Terberg DTS (UK) Ltd, based in Halifax.
Spain 15 2 - 17
dealer fot the UK. Woodings makes the crane we can offer faster handling serv-
appeal of their cranes is reflected in the Both Richard Woodings and Julie Belgium 3 10 2 15 point, however, that as such Finning has ices,” said port manager Frank Partik.
geographical spread of sales; last year only Balshaw have transferred from Transtech Brazil 6 3 1 10 to provide neutral support for all Cater- Flensburg acquired a similar size
10 countries accounted for five or more to Terberg DTS, as head of sales and sales
Italy - 2 7 9
pillar-engined products and there is no Mantsinen crane in 2007, but that one
cranes. (Table 4). manager respectively. Woodings’ transfer
USA 3 5 - 8
distinction between Multidocker or is mounted on a rubber-tyred chassis
means that Terberg DTS is also taking over
Turkey 4 4 - 8
Mantsinen on that score. whereas the new one is crawler-
Wider coverage the Mantsinen ropeless crane franchise for
India 4 4 - 8
Chile 2 4 - 6
mounted. This change is aimed at
Furthermore, more markets are being the UK and Ireland from Transtech.
Rep. Korea - 6 - 6
Flensburg deal spreading the load on the Hanrniskai
penetrated. Gottwald, for example, is now Woodings says that the Mantsinen hy-
Germany 4 1 - 5
Another important export market for where it will mainly operate.
present in 90 countries, having added six draulic loaders manufactured in Finland Mantsinen is Germany, where a new de- The Mantsinen type MHC 60 is pow-
more in 2008 (Georgia, Estonia, Guinea, have proved to be a market leader in their
Compiled by WorldCargo News from
livery has just been made to the Port of ered by a 260 kW Hitachi ZX 520 en-
Oman, Paraguay and Suriname). field and there are now more than 20 units
suppliers’ data in Tables 1-3
Flensburg. The port’s new MHC 60 rep- gine with 15.7 litre piston displacement.
This broad appeal is a function of the in operation in the UK and Ireland, in Mantsinen supplies cranes on either a resents an investment of €0.62M, of which It will be used to handle scrap, coal and
cranes’ inherent flexibility and suitability ports, heavy industrial and scrap handling Caterpillar or a Hitachi platform accord- half has come from the state of Schleswig- fodder, Flensburg’s main cargoes in trades
for all handling tasks. Of Gottwald’s 92 applications. Terberg DTS is also respon- ing to customer choice and one possible Holstein’s “future economy programme” with Scandinavia and the Baltic states. The
cranes in 2008, 19 (21%) are 4-rope grab- sible for Schopf aviation ground support concern going forward is that for 2007-13, which is in turn supported port’s traffic increased from 490,000t in
bing cranes. Some of Gottwald’s 2-rope equipment, and industrial ballast tractors. Multidocker, a Sweden-based competi- by the ERDF. 2007 to 600,000t last year. a74
cranes are also used for bulk handling.
Liebherr reports that in 2008 it deliv-
ered 51 cranes in 4-rope configuration,
of which 35 are for dedicated bulk han-
dling (34% of the 102 total), while six 2-
rope cranes are also being used mainly
for bulk handling. A stand-out feature of
Liebherr’s 2008 deliveries is its continu-
Experience the
ing popularity in the Spanish bulk han-
dling market.
Bigger and heavier
progress.
Another point of note is the continuing
trend towards bigger and heavier cranes.
This is a function of the increasing re-
quirement to handle heavy loads, such as
project cargoes (eg wind farms), and the
growing size of containerships. For ex-
ample, Liebherr shipped no less than 40
LHM 500s last year and three of the even
bigger type LHM 600.
In addition, the smallest models of
cranes face growing competition from
ropeless, hydraulic crane designs, derived
from excavator platforms. These are avail-
able from a growing number of suppliers
and can be supplied with crawler or rub-
ber-tyred platforms (and in one case at
least on rail-mounted portals, too) and
they can also be mounted on pontoons.
Price factors
The port crane market lacks transparency
when it comes to prices, so as usual there
is little to go on with regard to harbour
mobile crane prices. By way of example,
however, the Gottwald GHMK 6407
crane delivered to Tampa last autumn cost
US$4.6M including cif (it was shipped
part-big from Dusseldorf on board ONEGO
MERCHANT), local assembly, testing and
commissioning.
The crane is capable of handling
breakbulk, bulk, and project cargoes, as
well as containers and large dimension
pieces, such as yachts and other out-of-
gauge loads. Max. lift capacity is 120t and
it can work containers on/off a ship with
up to 17-wide deck stow.
The following comparison has been
made before in WorldCargo News (Octo-
ber 2008, p49), but it is worth repeating
in outline as the Port of Vancouver (WA)
has another LHM500S (max. 140t) on
order from Liebherr, for delivery this year,
so it will be interesting to compare again.
The port paid US$3.2M for its first
LHM500S, ordered in May 2006. Its near
neighbour, Longview (WA) - hence simi-
lar shipping costs - paid US$4.6M for its
crane, ordered in December 2007. This
is largely explained by currency factors
and changes in steel price. However, steel
prices have since fallen sharply.
The Longview and Washington cranes
are used to handle blades, nacelles and
other components for wind farms being
built in the PNW region. In addition,
Washington is handling massive pressure
vessels and draglines being imported for
the controversial oil sands developments
around Fort McMurray in Alberta.
Finally the delivered price of the
Reggiane MHC 130 (max. 100t) to
SerMI in Pozzallo, due to be consigned
before the end of this January, is under-
stood to be more than €2M.
Franchise change
As mentioned above, ropeless, hydrauic
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH
cranes specially adapted for port opera- P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing/Austria
tions (eg fitted with high-level, Tel.: +43 50809 41-725
pantographic cabs, outriggers) have be- Fax: +43 50809 41-447
come increasingly popular in recent years
mobile.harbour.crane@liebherr.com
and there is news to report.
www.liebherr.com
The Group
As first reported on worldcargonews.com
(search under “Terberg”), Holland-based
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