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Container Handling 100 Boxes/hr: Job Report

The Port of Lirquen in Chile handles over 100 containers per hour using its fleet of 5 Liebherr mobile harbor cranes, including 2 new LHM 500 cranes added in 2008. APM Terminals in Nigeria tripled its container capacity to 600,000 TEUs per year after adding 2 Liebherr LHM 500 cranes in 2008. Both ports saw increased efficiency and throughput from the new Liebherr cranes, which averaged over 19 working hours per day and 6,500 hours of operation in under a year at the Nigeria terminal.

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Container Handling 100 Boxes/hr: Job Report

The Port of Lirquen in Chile handles over 100 containers per hour using its fleet of 5 Liebherr mobile harbor cranes, including 2 new LHM 500 cranes added in 2008. APM Terminals in Nigeria tripled its container capacity to 600,000 TEUs per year after adding 2 Liebherr LHM 500 cranes in 2008. Both ports saw increased efficiency and throughput from the new Liebherr cranes, which averaged over 19 working hours per day and 6,500 hours of operation in under a year at the Nigeria terminal.

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Container Handling >100 boxes/hr

Job Report Puerto Lirquen, Chile


LHM 400/500

Situation Solution
The Port of Lirquen, located in the bay of Conception in the 8th Ship to shore cargoes are handled at Puerto Lirquen by a
Region of Chile, handled a total of 231,000 TEU during 2008, which fleet of 5 Mobile Harbour Cranes supplied by Liebherr: Puerto
represented a 13 % growth over the previous year, thus becoming Lirquen acquired two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, type LHM
the most important port in Chile dedicated to containerized car- 400, at the end of the year 2000, and a third one, type LHM
go. It is conveniently located near the City Conception, with easy 500, in 2006. These cranes are mainly used for loading and
access to highways and rail tracks heading to Chile’s hinterland. unloading containers. In the last quarter of 2008, two new mobi-
le harbour cranes, type LHM 500, were added to the fleet.
Task
In January 2008, the Board approved an investment plan to be Performance
carried out within the next 36 months. This plan included the While unloading containers, from a containership directly onto
extension of the pier Nr 2 and procurement of new port equip- trailers using 4 Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, Puerto Lirquen
ment to expand the receiving/dispatch capacity to/from the averages 100 containers/hr across the ship.
port. Global carriers such as Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd
have weekly calls to Puerto Lirquen, linking Europe, West Africa
and the Far East with Chile.

LHM 400 LHM 500


Weight (t) 410 450
Capacity (t) 104 104
Max. radius (m) 48 51
Opt. vessel size Panamax Post-Panamax
Average/Peak turnover (moves per hour) 26/>40 26/>40
Scope of supply includes 4.8 m tower extension

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH


P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing/Austria
Tel.: +43 50809 41-725
Fax: +43 50809 41-447
[email protected] The Group
www.liebherr.com
Container Handling daily av: 19 hrs

Job Report APM Terminals Apapa, Nigeria


LHM 500

Situation Solution
APMT Apapa, Nigeria is the largest container terminal opera- The addition of two Liebherr Mobile Harbour Cranes, type LHM
tor in West Africa. In 2006 APM Terminals Apapa was awarded 500, in November 2008 further boosted efficiency and capacity of
the concession by the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) to manage, the terminal and reduced vessel and container backlogs. “Nigeria
operate, and develop the Apapa Container Terminal into a is clearly a large market that will need more port facilities in the
modern efficient operation handling up to 1.6m TEU/year. future, especially when the Nigerian economy is going to grow sub-
stantially”, says Martin Dirks, Managing Director, of APMT Apapa.
Task
Following privatization of the port, APMT Apapa Ltd. assumed Performance
operational control of the facility and began investing in facility Since assuming control of the facility three years ago capacity
upgrades and equipment. APMT Apapa proposed to develop has tripled to 600,000 TEUs. In this connection reliability is the
the existing terminal by providing new container handling equip- key. Both LHMs at APMT Apapa have a daily average of over 19
ment and expanding the onshore area. working hours and both cranes have an overall performance of
more than 6500 working hours in less than a year.

LHM 500
Weight (t) 450
Capacity (t) 104
Max. radius (m) 51
Opt. vessel size Post-Panamax
Average/Peak turnover (moves per hour) 26/>40
Scope of supply includes Automatic Telescopic Spreader For Twin-Lift Operation

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH


P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing/Austria
Tel.: +43 50809 41-725
Fax: +43 50809 41-447
[email protected] The Group
www.liebherr.com

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