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Jumbo Shipping delivers its largest ever container crane with Fairplayer

Weighing close to 1,200 tonnes and equipped with a transport boom of 104 m, it was the largest container crane ever transported by Jumbo and its arrival at the Port of Sète significantly increases the port's container handling capacity, HeavyLift reports. The project presented several technical challenges, which required innovative solutions. The crane's centre of gravity was located relatively high up and its base protruded by four metres off the hull of Jumbo's Fairplayer, which the designated vessel for this cargo. Engineers from Jumbo and Eurocrane developed a one-off solution which included adding ballast boxes which added ballast weight on a low elevation; decreased the supported width of the crane structure, which was partly overhanging; acted as load spreaders and outriggers for the lifting points. The crane was assembled in Aveiro (Portugal) and placed on board the Fairplayer in a single lift using its two 900-tonne mast cranes. The relatively high location of the centre of gravity meant the lift was a critical one: strong winds could cause the crane to incline. Therefore, pre-defined limits were described in the procedures. To ensure a smooth and controlled lift, the crane's stability was increased by adding ballast weight. More at http://www.heavyliftpfi.com/content/NewsItem.aspx?id=3005