On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:14:22 -0800, the renowned Grant Erwin
wrote:
That isn't one ship, it's *two*. They may be linked in such a way as
to provide exceptional resistance to rolling. - GWE
http://www.navyleague.org/seapower/august2000/feege.htm
A sister vessel got in a bit of trouble in a hurricane delivering
similar cranes to Norfolk. .
https://mscs.marad.dot.gov/clips/8-2...from %20China
And they've delivered them to Portland
The $45 million contract for eight cranes will be completed next
August when four more cranes arrive from Shanghai Zhenhua Port
Machinery Co., the world's largest container crane manufacturer.
The crane's speed and ability to lift more than 145,600 pounds at a
time--up from 112,000 pounds--will increase efficiency, port officials
said.
"We're going to need the taller cranes with longer booms because these
ships are huge," said Ed Brown, who oversees 1,800 local port workers
as a vice president of the International Longshoreman's Association.
"They're like big warehouses."
The Zhen Hua 1 departed Shanghai, China, sailed purposely slow to keep
the awkward ship balanced. For stability, the legs of the cranes are
welded to the deck of the ship and the tops are connected using
multiple cables.
http://www.cunninghamreport.com/
The Port of Oakland will be getting two new ZPMC super post-Panamax
cranes this week. The Zhen Hua 1, which dropped off two similar cranes
in Long Beach last week, is expected to arrive in the Bay Area on
Tuesday.
http://vanewswire.com/issues/issue89.htm
The Chinese vessel, Zhen Hua 1, pictured here leaving Shanghai, has
delivered four Suez-class cranes to Norfolk. The 273-foot monsters,
the largest container cranes in the world, will equip Virginia's ports
to handle the next generation of super-container ship. The ship
arrived last week.
http://www.poal.co.nz/newsroom/2002_...anes250302.htm
I guess this is another sister vessel:
"The Zhen Hua 2 is a specialist vessel converted for her crane
delivery work. Most of her holds have been converted to big tanks for
ballasting. The tanks are filled with ballast water to take the heavy
weight of the cranes on deck – a total of over 2,000 tonnes plus the
weight of braces and other heavy equipment.
The cranes are welded to the deck and braced with metal beams."
1093 tonnes of steel each... I guess that's where some of that steel
is going.
Lane wrote:
"Bob" wrote in message
oups.com...
This is one of those "can you believe this" pictures....the ship is
currently stuck off the Golden Gate, waiting for seas to die down
enough to lower the cranes' top beams, so it will fit under th
e bridge.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object...es0404.DTL&o=0
Can you imagine sailing that across the big ocean????
Regards,
Bob
Just think of the ballast weight that it would need in the hold to
compensate!
Lane
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