ITALY | REGION REPORT
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As The Italian Sea Group says goodbye to its historic 46m high gantry crane in Marina Di Carrara, to make way for the future
development of the shipyard, Jenny Eagle looks at other news happening across Italy.
gantry crane in Marina Di Carrara, calling on the services of crane service provider Vernazza Autogru, Demag and Tadano, to remove the structure to make way for the future development of the shipyard. Disassembling the 1050 ton gantry crane
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was made possible thanks to CC 6800 and CC 3800-1 Demag lattice boom crawler cranes. “We know from experience that Demag
and Tadano machines are characterized by high reliability, enormous lifting capacities, and outstanding performance – there’s a reason why our fleet is mostly made up of
orld famous Italian yacht manufacturer, The Italian Sea Group has said a fond farewell to its 46m-high
cranes from this manufacturer,” said Simone Barattini, technical director, Vernazza Autogru. “We first had to level the manoeuvring
areas for the two cranes and make sure they would be able to safely bear the corresponding loads,” job manager Giulio Zunino said. This meant an area of approx. 34 by 16 meters had to be set up for the CC 6800, while the one for the CC 3800 1 measured 105 by 18 meters – and in the dry dock to boot, which meant the CC 3800 1 ended up nine meters below the gantry crane’s rails when working. “Readying an area this big on which the crane could travel was absolutely necessary, as the 105-meter-long main girder had to be set down on the dry dock for the last bit of
disassembly work, so the CC 3800 1 had to be able to travel there with the load on its hook,” Barattini explains. “We used two different sets of slinging
gear for the tandem lift. Both of them were custom-made for the job and positioned across the underside of the gantry crane’s main girder,” added Zunino. For the CC 3800 1, this meant a single spreader bar that was rigged to the crane with two shackles featuring a load limit of 300 tons each and a pair of endless wire rope slings, each with a length of 32 meters and a rated capacity of 218 tons, arranged in each shackle. Meanwhile, for the CC 6800, the assembly consisted of a double spreader bar that was rigged with four shackles featuring a load limit of 300 tons each and
R Cimolai works in the US marina, shipyard, shipbuilding, pre-cast construction and material-handling industries. 28 | November 2022 |
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