Demag Cranes has supplied a mobile harbour crane to the port operator Flinders Ports, South Australia. This crane will be used in the Port of Adelaide for iron ore and concentrates handling with the newly developed Rotainer? spreader system.
In day-to-day business, the Gottwald Model 6 crane will in future pick up the containers developed especially for this procedure and unload them by means of rotation over the loading area of the ship. For Flinders Ports, the crane is a forward-looking purchase of lasting importance, ?The new Gottwald crane is part of a logistical concept tailored to precisely meet the requirements of small to medium size mines,? acco?rding to Andrew Pellizzari, General Manager Logistics of Flinders Ports. ?We see great pote?ntial in this segment and, in future, would like to offer the Rotainer? spreader system in other ports.? In addition to Rotainer? spre?ader operation, the four-rope grab Model 6 variant, G HMK 6407 B, ensures that, in the long term, it will also be possible to use the crane for traditional bulk handling. Initially, how?ever, only Rotainer? spreader operation is planned, which will predominantly safeguard the export of product coming from the mines.