Felixstowe in for 120 tonne SWL cranes

Subject to obtaining approvals to redevelop its southern port com­plex, Hutchison’s Port of Felixstowe will be sourcing 13 additional superpost-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and 50 RTGs for delivery to the remodelled fa­cility between. Preliminary tender documents have already been issued.

The quay cranes, to be deliv­ered in batches of four, four and five, are required to have an outreach sufficient to handle a 23-wide deck stow and, breaking records, an SWL of 120 tonnes at full outreach to enable them to handle 4 x 30 tonne 20fts under 20-40-45/double twinlift (tan­dem-type) spreaders.

Currently, the four 80 tonne SWL-68.2m outreach (25-wide) cranes ordered by DPA from ZPMC for delivery to Jebel AH next June and expected to work with telescoping tandem-type spreaders are considered the big­gest container cranes in the world. The installed power of these DPA cranes is a massive 3 MW but the Felixstowe requirement will be even higher.

The 50 RTGs, to be delivered in lots of 14, 14 and 22, will stack 1 over 5/7 + 1 with four wheels per corner. Their SWL is required to be 60 tonnes for 2 x 30 tonne 20ft twinlifting.

Meanwhile, the first phase of the Trinity Terminal expansion at Felixstowe has officially opened for business. Incorporating six hectares of backup land behind the existing Trinity Terminal, phase one increases the port’s storage capacity by 6,500 TEU.

A total of 47 hectares of back­up land was reclaimed and levelled during the construction of the Trinity III expansion and the channel deepening. It is expected that a further section of storage area at Trinity Terminal will be opened early next year. The quay is expected to be fully opera­tional by July.

When complete, the Trinity Terminal extension will provide 270m of quayline, dredged to 15m alongside and able to handle the latest generation of containerships simultaneously. This additional quay will extend the deepwater berths on Trinity Terminal to 900m.

Vocabulary

subject to – при условии; если

obtain – получать

approval – одобрение, разрешение

redevelop – перестраивать, реконструиро-

вать

source – зд. начать работу по поставкам

remodeled – модернизированный

tender – тендер, конкурсный отбор

issue – выпускать, составлять

batch – партия

sufficient – достаточный

enable – дать возможность

DPA = Dubai Port Authorities

are considered – считаются

install – устанавливать

power – мощность

massive – солидный

MV = megawatt

lot – партия

stack – складывать

extend – продлевать

corner – угол

meanwhile – между тем

expansion – расширение

incorporate – включать

backup – дополнительный, резервный

existing – существующий

storage – складирование

reclaim – исправлять, переделывать к луч-

шему

level – выравнивать

expansion – расширение

channel – канал

deepen – углублять

extension – удлинение

dredge – производить дноуглубительные

работы

alongside – у причальной стенки

generation – поколение

simultaneously – одновременно

Repeat the words after the teacher

approval, sourcing, issued, sufficient, meanwhile, officially, simultaneously

Read and translate the international words

document, record, spreader, telescopic, tandem, type, phase, officially, total, section

Translate the verbs, give 3 forms of the irregular ones

obtain, approve, source, add, deliver, issue, require, handle, stow, break, enable, expect, consider, install, require, expand, exist, reclaim, deepen, dredge

Give the derivatives of the words, translate them

approve, develop, spread, current, require, expand, back, add, deep

Give Russian equivalents

subject to obtaining approval, source additional cranes, RTG, preliminary tender documents, deck stow, telescopic tandem-type spreader, delivered in lots, four wheels per corner, backup land, storage capacity, channel deepening, storage area

Find answers to the questions in the above article

1. What additional cranes will Port of Felixtow be sourcing?

2. What is the capacity of the new cranes?

3. What cranes are considered the biggest cranes in the world?

4. Where are they manufactured?

5. What is the storage capacity of the new Trinity Terminal?

6. What is the length of its quayline?

7. Why is the quayline dredged to 15 metres?