The material handling machine, said to be the world's largest, has begun taking care of Metsä Fibre's exports coming from the company's new plant in Äänekoski located some 300 km north of Helsinki.

The crane came in parts to Helsinki's harbour in Vuosaari back in November 2017. Following assembly and deployment, the 38 m max outreach and 50t max lifting capacity Mantsinen 300 started its operations recently, loading break-bulk ships with Metsä Fibre's pulp (the company's brand-new terminal in Vuosaari was receiving 11 trains with pulp per week last year).

Photo: Mantsinen