{"id":10603,"date":"2017-03-05T19:06:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T19:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=10603"},"modified":"2017-03-05T19:06:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T19:06:20","slug":"three-900-ton-liebherr-ship-to-shore-cranes-leaving-cork-ireland-for-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/three-900-ton-liebherr-ship-to-shore-cranes-leaving-cork-ireland-for-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"Three 900-ton Liebherr Ship to Shore Cranes leaving Cork, Ireland for Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three 900-ton Liebherr Ship to Shore leaving Irish shores for Puerto Rico.<\/h2>\n

The Albatross<\/em> and cranes \u2013 it might sound like a birdwatcher\u2019s bonanza but anyone heading to Cork harbour this weekend is more likely to be treated to the sight of some impressive mechanical engineering than any ornithological extravaganza.<\/p>\n

The three 900-tonne cranes, built by Liebherr of Killarney, are on board the specially converted overseas heavy transport vessel, Albatross<\/em> which, moored at the Port of Cork\u2019s deepwater berth at Ringaskiddy, is finalising preparations for a transatlantic voyage.<\/p>\n

The Irish Times<\/a>, reports the cranes were assembled at the Doyle Shipping Group\u2019s Cork Dockyard in Verolme over the past few months by an experienced team supervised by Liebherr engineers in what will be the first time that fully assembled container cranes have been exported from Ireland.<\/p>\n

The cranes, about 65m tall, with an outreach of 40m and a capacity of 65 tons, were welded on to the deck of the Albatross<\/em> at the Cork Dockyard for transport across the Atlantic to Puerto Rico in a voyage that is expected to take two weeks.<\/p>\n

Built by Liebherr for Puerto Rican transport and logistics company Crowley, they are scheduled for delivery to Crowley Puerto Rico Services\u2019 Isla Grande terminal in the capital, San Juan where they will be used in the company\u2019s container traffic business.<\/p>\n

Converted oil tanker<\/h4>\n

The 23-year-old Albatross,<\/em> which is 264m long, was originally designed as an oil tanker but was converted into a crane carrier. The operation to ship the cranes to Puerto Rico involved careful planning, with the ship moving to Ringaskiddy for final bracing and taking on water ballast.<\/p>\n

Port of Cork commercial manager Capt Michael McCarthy said each of the cranes weighed some 900 tonnes but that the weight was evenly distributed on the main deck of the Albatross<\/em> with the cranes welded to the 42m wide deck to form a solid single composite unit.<\/p>\n

Barry Roche<\/a><\/p>\n