Port of Grangemouth orders new Liebherr ship-to-shore crane

The Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container facility, has placed an order with Liebherr for a new multimillion pound ship to shore container crane as part of a major investment programme at the port to increase handling capacity and service for customers, the company said in its press release.
 
Liebherr is one of the world’s leading port crane manufacturers and this new crane which can handle vessels with 14 containers stowed across the deck, is part of a focus on securing Grangemouth as Scotland’s number one container port and providing the facilities required to service future container volume growth for export and import cargoes both in European and International Markets.
 
The crane will be designed and built in Liebherr’s state of the art facility in Killarney, south west Ireland, and then shipped into Grangemouth for onsite construction. The crane will be ready for use in autumn 2018 and will increase vessel turnaround times, capacity for growth and support existing operations. The new crane is also future proofed to enable taller straddle carriers to work underneath the crane legs.