Ship with cranes for the Baltic Hub has arrived in Gdansk

On Sunday 27 bcm, the ship Zhen Hua 36 with four cranes arrived at the Baltic Hub in Gdansk. They will be unloaded and assembled at quay T3 in the following days.

The Baltic Hub said in a message sent on Sunday that the heavylift vessel Zhen Hua 36 with four cranes had arrived at the port on Sunday, as announced. It was reported that the vessel set sail two months ago from Changxin, China. During the voyage, it covered more than 16,000 nautical miles.

‘The arrival of the huge, already fully assembled STS cranes perfectly demonstrates the level of progress of the T3 investment and brings us closer to the completion of the project and readiness to meet the needs of our customers in 2025,’ – Baltic Hub CEO Charles Baker, quoted in the release, said.

He added that the expansion of the terminal to include a third quay along with storage yards will increase the Baltic Hub’s handling capacity to 4.5 million TEUs (a unit of capacity often used for ports and ships. It is equivalent to the volume of a 20-foot container – PAP) per year.

‘This is an important step towards developing our infrastructure and strengthening Gdansk’s position as a strategic port gateway and logistics hub in Europe,’ – assessed the head of the Baltic Hub.

Capable of handling the largest container ships in the world, the new STS cranes are larger and taller than the existing ones already in operation at the terminal. Each weighs almost 2,000 tonnes, is more than 96 metres high (140 metres with the boom raised), and is capable of lifting a container to a height of 55 metres and hoisting it above the ship’s deck to a length of 74 metres, with a lifting capacity of up to 65 tonnes.

The release stated that the new quay cranes are state-of-the-art machines with drives and equipment from top global manufacturers. It was emphasised that safety and comfort issues were the primary criteria when designing the cranes.

Magdalena Jagła from the Baltic Hub on Friday announced that the unloading of the cranes will start on Monday and could take up to 10 days.

The T3 terminal will be equipped with seven quay cranes. Three more will arrive in March 2025. The delivered STS cranes are expected to start operating in the 1st half of 2025.

The Baltic Hub, which was launched in 2007 under the name DCT Gdańsk, currently has the capacity to handle up to 3 million TEUs per year. The total length of the terminal’s two deep-water berths is 1.3km, allowing it to handle four vessels simultaneously. The terminal handles more than 700 vessels per year, including the world’s largest container ships. In 2023, the terminal handled 2.05 million TEUs. It employs more than 1,400 people.

Source: PortalMorski.pl