Shipment of Harbour Cranes

Robert Wynn and Sons provide their clients with marine solutions for the transportation of heavy and / or abnormal loads.

With a long and proud history of serving industry across Europe, Robert Wynn and Sons has the experience, skills and innovation to ensure our clients receive the most appropriate solution for their needs. The movement of harbour cranes is a growing market. Whether it is the shipment of new rail mounted or mobile cranes, or relocating existing equipment, we have successfully delivered projects across Europe.

The Terra Marique is a Lloyd’s classed, UK registered specialist heavy lift vessel, designed to load/offload a maximum single piece of 1200 tonnes or multiple loads up to that weight, operating on quay heights ranging from 200mm to 5000mm. The integral ballasting system of 2400 tonnes per hour enables this maximum load to be rolled on or off within a 30 minute cycle. The Terra Marique is 80 metres in length, 16.5 meters in the beam, with a hold of 67 metres by 9 metres. The vessel is equipped with two 3508 Caterpillar diesel engines which provide power to four Jastram thrusters for manoeuvring in port.

The shipment of 2 dock cranes from the Port of Workington to Teeside.

Two rail mounted Nelcon dockside crane, each weighing 230-tonne, were loaded on to SPMT’s and rolled on at the Port of Workington for the 900 nautical mile journey to UK Docks Teeside ship repair facility.

The relocation of harbour crane from Belfast to Bromborough. 

The 112 Tonne Mobile Harbour Crane (HMK90) was loaded using its own power at the Port of Belfast and delivered to the Victoria Group’s Mersey Wharf at Bromborough, Merseyside.

The shipment of mobile harbour crane to St Peter Port, Guernsey.

A Gottwold 170 loaded in Antwerp, Belgium, and delivered to St Peter Port. The crane purchased by The Guernsey Harbour Authority weighed 235.5 tonnes. Using the Terra Marique’s 40 tonnes per minute ballasting system, the crane was successfully offloaded in a 2-hour operation.

The relocation of harbour crane between South Wales Ports.

ABP South Wales required the relocation of their Liebherr 150 Mobile Crane between their ports in Newport and Cardiff. The 144 tonne crane was loaded under its own power and transported the short distance of 15 nautical miles between the ports.