GT USA’s Canaveral Cargo Terminal (CCT) won a bid to receive and assist in the assembly of one of Liebherr’s largest mobile harbour cranes in the United States.
In particular, the heavy lift operation took approximately five days, where SAL Heavy Lift, a member of the Jumbo-SAL Alliance, brought the vessel Frauke to Port Canaveral.
The heavy lift project consisted of multiple pieces of a Liebherr TCC-BOS 14000 cranes, where one of the pieces discharged weighed a GT record-breaking 680 metric tonnes.
This component was tandem lifted off the vessel utilising the ship’s gear where each crane had a safe working load of 700 metric tonnes each. Another record was broken as the longest piece of cargo discharged over the quay when CCT discharged the boom of the crane, measuring nearly 106.6 meters in length.
Additionally, this operation consisted of supporting the manufacturer to assemble the crane’s main components utilising the ship’s gear.
Once fully assembled, the new crane will remain at CCT’s facility to assist the Space industry operations carried out in Port Canaveral, Florida.
Luke Richards, managing director of GT USA, commented, "I was pleased to be joined by the cargo owners, shipping line representatives, manufacturers and the Canaveral Port Authority during the heavy lift vessel operations. A substantial amount of meticulous planning was invested by all parties involved to guarantee the safe and efficient unloading of these heavy pieces."
