PORT operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has ordered an extra three quay cranes from Liebherr on top of the two it has already ordered to service 20,000-TEU ships at its Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT).
Hamburg to be able to dock three 20,000-TEUers when new cranes arrive PORT operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has ordered an extra three quay cranes from Liebherr on top of the two it has already ordered to service 20,000-TEU ships at its Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT). All five cranes are due to go into operation at CTT by the end of 2017. The first two container cranes ordered will start operating at the end of 2016, reported London's Port Technology. The cranes have a jib length of 74 metres and a lifting height of 51.5 metres above the quay wall. They are designed for containerships with 24 container rows up to nine containers high on deck, and can load two 20-foot containers simultaneously. HHLA board member Stefan Behn said that with the five new 20,000-TEU gantry cranes and the two 20,000-TEU capacity berths at Burchardkai, "we will be able to offer our customers three berths that can handle the biggest ships in the world. This will increase Hamburg's attractiveness as a port location". In the first half of the year, ships with a carrying capacity of at least 14,000 TEU docked at the port of Hamburg 97 times - an increase of 83 per cent compared with the same period the previous year.