MSC Gate Bremerhaven orders 25 rows-reach STSes

Photo: MSC Gate Bremerhaven

Liebherr will deliver the 135 m-tall, 73 m of outreach, and 51.2 m below the spreader lifting height ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in individual parts throughout 2020 for on-site assembly in Bremerhaven.

The gantries will be able to handle ships with 25 rows of containers on deck without restrictions.

Once put in operation by end-2020, the new machinery will replace two older STSes.

Friedrich Stuhrmann, Managing Director, MSC Gate Bremerhaven, commented on the investment, "Given the ever-increasing size of container ships, the current order was on the one hand necessary in order to remain competitive in the future. The new gantries will be larger and more efficient than those they will replace next year."

He furthered, "[…] an order for new gantry cranes is always an important signal that we are prepared to invest in the expansion and further development of our handling equipment for the benefit of our customers and the Bremerhaven location."