Enhanced Lifting Capacity to Meet Rising Demand from Offshore Wind Industry
Denmark’s Port Esbjerg, one of Europe’s most important hubs for shipping offshore wind turbines, has ordered a second Liebherr LHM 800 mobile harbour crane.
The new crane, slated for delivery in mid-2023, will allow the port to carry out tandem lifts of up to 616 tonnes, a lifting capacity that ranks among the world’s highest.
A first LHM 800 has been in operation at the port since 2019.
Port Esbjerg also confirmed it had ordered a LHM 600 mobile harbour crane, expanding its fleet of Liebherr cranes to six, the largest such collection in northern Europe, it said.
“We have been out shopping, because our goal is to be a global leader,” said Dennis Jul Pedersen, CEO of Port Esbjerg. “Components in the wind industry keep getting bigger and bigger, and we will get even busier at the port in the coming years. That means we will need the capacity to load two ships simultaneously, and we will be able to do that when we take delivery of the new cranes.”
Boasting a height of 48 metres and a jib length of 64 metres, the LHM 800 is the world’s most powerful mobile harbour crane, capable of handling monster-size monopiles, turbines and other components destined for offshore wind projects.
The crane’s bulk cargo capacity is also unique at 2,300 tonnes per hour.
“The two new cranes will truly make us stand out in the European market, and we are very confident about the opportunities that our investments will open for us,” Pedersen said.
Port Esbjerg, located on the southwest coast of Jutland, is Denmark's largest port on the North Sea, handling some 4.5 million tonnes of cargo every year. It is the primary supply port to the Danish oil and gas industry, and has shipped out more than 80 percent of Europe's offshore wind capacity.
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