Maritime News |Cargo Handling
Liebherr and Italian steel company Acciaierie d’Italia have closed a deal for the supply of four large portal cranes for handling raw materials for steel production at the commercial port of Taranto, Italy.
Acciaierie d’Italia has ordered the LPS 800, a customised portal version of the LHM 800 mobile harbour crane. It is the largest portal crane in the Liebherr portfolio, operating solely on electric power and capable of shifting 2,000 tonnes per hour.
“Our unique technical solutions around this project made the difference,” said Andreas Müller, Liebherr sales director for mobile harbour cranes.
“These four gigantic portal cranes run 100 per cent electrically and thus enable emission-free material handling,” he added.
Sustainable features
The LPS 800 has a four-rope configuration with a lifting capacity of up to 144 tonnes. All machines are equipped exclusively with an e-drive, ensuring emissions-free running.
The cranes are also equipped with the Pactronic hybrid power booster, an additional pressure storage that accumulates sink energy or excess energy from the electric drive and returns it to the closed hydraulic circuit in the form of pressure when required.
As part of the deal, Liebherr will be supplying training to Acciaierie d’Italia’s crane operators and technical staff using its LiSIM simulator.
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The Vaisala Beacon weather station network takes accurate observations of key weather parameters, such as wind speed and direction, and rainfall throughout the port area.
Unikie’s POLO environment enhances information flow by combining data collected from different port operators into a real-time information sharing, warning and control system. POLO’s user interface, Port Activity App, is already in use in 15 Finnish ports and in Gävle in Sweden.
“We are constantly developing new features for POLO with the aim of better optimising port operations and improving the situational awareness,” said Unikie’s head of industrial solutions, Petri Kalske.
“Vaisala’s expertise adds a new dimension to our solution, as hyperlocal weather data is an essential part of the process and real-time situational awareness of the port and its operators.
“The first joint projects are already underway and the results of the utilisation of hyperlocal weather data in the port will be seen as early as next spring,” he added.
Source : portstrategy
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