New Cranes On board
Discussion
Super Sonic said:
How do they get them off the boat, an even bigger crane, or do the roll them off with a big heavy duty gangplank?
More or less this; they ballast the ship so the deck is more or less level with the quayside or wait for the right tidal state and then carefully roll them off. They usually use heavy-lift wheeled platforms as used for moving ships around in shipyards etc. although there are other methods. A pair of new cranes were installed at Greenock container terminal last year and they arrived in the same way.hidetheelephants said:
More or less this; they ballast the ship so the deck is more or less level with the quayside or wait for the right tidal state and then carefully roll them off. They usually use heavy-lift wheeled platforms as used for moving ships around in shipyards etc. although there are other methods. A pair of new cranes were installed at Greenock container terminal last year and they arrived in the same way.
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hidetheelephants said:
More or less this; they ballast the ship so the deck is more or less level with the quayside or wait for the right tidal state and then carefully roll them off. They usually use heavy-lift wheeled platforms as used for moving ships around in shipyards etc. although there are other methods. A pair of new cranes were installed at Greenock container terminal last year and they arrived in the same way.
Yes this, ship is ballasted to effectively roll them off. I ll try and get more picture on Tuesday but they are welded to the deck.They also needed a new power supply all through the docks but they give extra reach to cover the biggest ships and can handle two containers at a time.
Set off from China at the beginning of April.
Agreed.
That Britain used to rule waves and port cities like Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow and London, were economic powerhouses - because of this fact.
Now, whilst some places are bigger and new mega ports have developed, Tilbury, DP World on the Thames Estuary, Southampton, it seems we bring in far more than we export and even the ports themselves are foreign owned.
How the tide of fortune changes.
That Britain used to rule waves and port cities like Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow and London, were economic powerhouses - because of this fact.
Now, whilst some places are bigger and new mega ports have developed, Tilbury, DP World on the Thames Estuary, Southampton, it seems we bring in far more than we export and even the ports themselves are foreign owned.
How the tide of fortune changes.
ttogram.Super Sonic said:
hidetheelephants said:
More or less this; they ballast the ship so the deck is more or less level with the quayside or wait for the right tidal state and then carefully roll them off. They usually use heavy-lift wheeled platforms as used for moving ships around in shipyards etc. although there are other methods. A pair of new cranes were installed at Greenock container terminal last year and they arrived in the same way.
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