STS cranes at Shenzhen’s Chiwan Terminal reach new heights
NewsShenzhen’s Chiwan Terminal boosts capacity with higher cranes as it sets sights on handling vessels up to 24,000 TEU.
Options for crane brakes increase
At a recent crane design seminar in Los Angeles, ZPMC’s president and chief engineer Guan Tongxian said that modern post-Panamax cranes had reached such a size that “traditional wind protection measures are ineffective.”Guan listed Typhoon Maemi and other wind-related incidents in China as evidence of a growing problem and said further work on wind protection was required.
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