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Ferry Lift in the Docks Today
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Madame Razz wrote: »Or is it???:p
I'm quite surprised that the ship is registered in Denmark:p
It strikes me as though they tried to do the whole operation on the cheap tbh. There were so many errors, and nobody appears to have thought anything through. The whole thing has been farcical. Those ferries should have been sailed down to Limerick or Cork, and loaded on using a proper gantry crane, in an area where they had space enough to work etc. Obviously that would have cost more, but it would have been a far more straightforward process and they'd be over half way to Mauritius by now if they had done it properly to begin with.A gantry crane would not have been able to load them. The cranes on the ship (Thor Gita) are quite capable of loading them, thats already been proved by loading the first ferry. Why are you suprised the ship is registered in Denmark, what has that got to do with the loading of ferries?:eek:Madame Razz wrote: »Somebody else told me otherwise re the Gantry crane. I guess there will always be several theories on this, I still don't believe that Galway was an overly suitable location for the whole procedure tho.
I just find the ship reg interesting(or unexpected) given the haphazard nature of the whole operation, is all:)
This is a Gantry Crane, they are usually to be found in shipbuilding yards e.g Samson and Goliath in Harland & Wolff
[IMG]http://ni_towns.tripod.com/belfast/h_w_cranes.jpg[/IMG]
As MuskyJ stated there may not be an option to off load these ferries in Mauritius. They could also have hired in a mobile crane to load the ferries at the docks if there was a means to unload them in Mauritius. This was obviously the best solution available.This ship was in Galway in 2005 as "BBC Singapore" Ref Galway Harbour Master when she off loaded a 500 ton part for Tynagh, the ferries are only 87 ton so she is quite capable of lifting the ferries and even heavier loads.
The Thor Gitta has 2 x 60 Ton Cranes giving a max combined lift of 120 tons
I think you are thinking of MV Jumbo Spirit which has a 500 ton Lift capacity, the actual gas turbine was 284 tons
Heres the Turbine being lifted of the transport in Tynagh
The gantry cranes in Cork lift 12m containers with a max weight of about 30tonnes. I still can't understand what you find unusual about the ships reg. Leaving aside the strap breaking there is nothing else really unusal about the loading, these operations take time and cannot be rushed.
You are thinking of Container cranes which have a capacity of around 50 Tons and lift containers up to 13.7 Metres (45 Ft). Max shipping weight is around 45 tons (40 Ft Flat Rack Container)0 -
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