The Liebherr ship-to-shore (STS) container crane fleet of the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) has thus risen to ten units.

The new gantries are identical to the ones previously supplied - they have an outreach of 73 m, span of 30.48 m, backreach of 25 m, a safe working load of 75t, and are able to serve ships 25 container rows-wide and up to ten-high on deck.

The STSes also feature the Liebherr Automation System that facilitates semi-automatic moves, with manual intervention only required when operating below a predefined safe height.

Because NTB operates straddle carriers on the landside, the cranes are equipped with a yard monitoring system which scans the operational area for obstacles and hazards, allowing placement of the container at the target position only when it is safe to do so.

Other systems, laser stack and vessel anti-collision as well as vessel drift compensation, provide further safety when the crane is travelling or booming down.

"We have invested in these large state-of-the-art cranes, not only for the present, but also for the future and they are a key part of our growth and expansion plans. For NTB it was very straightforward to invest in Liebherr cranes again. Our experience with Liebherr equipment in terms of performance, reliability and service has been very satisfying," Christian Lankenau, Managing Director, NTB, commented.

David Griffin, Managing Director, Liebherr Container Cranes, added, "It has been very exciting to work with NTB. Designing high performance machines to customers exacting specifications is always rewarding, but to secure repeat orders on the strength of the machines performance is doubly so."

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