New harbour cranes at Walvis

The heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 8, with a multimillion-dollar cargo consisting of four ship-to-shore cranes, became the first vessel to dock at the offshore container terminal in the port of Walvis Bay on Friday. Namport CEO Bisey Uirab was on site to welcome the precious cargo from China.He said port infrastructure had evolved to accommodate increasingly larger container ships. “Expectations of customers require more powerful and faster container handling equipment. Ship-to-shore cranes were therefore identified as one of the major components of the new container terminal project under the EPC contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).” The new cranes are the largest equipment used by Namport and could enable faster ship turnaround time, which will make the terminal attractive for shipping lines.They were constructed at a cost of N$110 million each by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry. The cranes will drastically increase Namport's electricity usage, though. At peak load one crane draws 2.5 Megawatts while the entire Port of Walvis Bay currently draws only 3.5 megawatts, explained Uirab. Offloading the ship will take a few weeks. Thereafter the cranes will be tested and commissioned, followed by training, with the cranes fitted and ready for business by the end of the year.Otis Finck -

New harbour cranes at Walvis

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