Liverpool, Merseyside, UK 2nd May, 2016. Chinese steel cranes arrive in the Mersey. The Zhen Hua ship set off from a dock in Nantong, China, carrying six cranes that will be used on the £300m Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal construction project. The scheme, being led by Peel Ports, aims to deepen the Mersey estuary so it can accommodate some of the biggest boats in the world. A total of eight ship-to-shore ‘megamax’ cranes and 22 cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes are being supplied to Peel Ports as part of Liverpool2.
The Zhen Hua ship set off from a dock in Nantong, China, in mid March arriving in Liverpool after a six-week voyage from China. and docked in Seaforth Dock today. The ship is carrying six cranes that will be used on the £300m Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal construction scheme, being led by Peel Ports, aims to deepen the Mersey estuary so it can accommodate some of the biggest boats in the world. Another Zhen Hua ship – so-called because they are named after the Chinese crane manufacturer – previously visited in Liverpool in November last year to deliver the first five cranes for use in the Liverpool2 project. A total of eight ship-to-shore ‘megamax’ cranes and 22 cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes are being supplied to Peel Ports as part of Liverpool2. Each crane measures 92m high to the top of the frame, approximately the same as Liverpool’s Royal Liver Building, and 132m high when the boom is raised. Each crane weighs around 1,600 tonnes.
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