Generation 5: Model 4 Extends Product Range in 100-tonne Class –
As Versatile as Possible, No Larger than Necessary
Düsseldorf (Germany), 4 December 2007 – You Name it, We Crane it – it is with this claim that Gottwald Port Technology (Gottwald), the world market leader in Mobile Harbour Cranes, started the year 2006, and opened a completely new chapter in the history of Mobile Harbour Crane technology with the introduction of Generation 5.
As a reminder: Gottwald Generation 5 Harbour Crane Models 6, 7 and 8 are built as Mobile Harbour, Portal Harbour and Floating Cranes with lifting capacities of up to 200 tonnes and working radii of up to 56 metres for terminals and ships of all sizes and for all applications, based on a standard design principle using many identical parts. For these models, Gottwald offers a wide range of versatile variants to meet individual customer requirements in terms of crane type, lifting capacity, hoist speed and drive power. The combination of types and a broad range of variants, together with a well-conceived advance-order programme, allow for highly individual solutions, coupled with short delivery lead-times.
Numerous customers throughout the world are now profiting from this ground-breaking new approach, which has been very well received on the market. Gottwald customers have placed their trust in Generation 5 cranes some 79 times (end of September) since their introduction.
Generation 5 Range Going Perfectly to Plan – New Model 4 as an Entry-Level Model for the 100-Tonne Crane Class
“With Model 4, our range of Models 6, 7 and 8 has been extended to include a further pioneering model, demonstrating that we are continuing our consistent and uncompromising development of Generation 5 according to plan,” explains Dr. Mathias Dobner, CEO at Gottwald. And he adds: "Model 4 is seen as an entry-level model for the very diversified market of the 100-tonne class, a market we are observing very precisely. We offer Model 4 – naturally with Gottwald typical diesel electric drive for utmost economical and environmental-friendly operation – in several versatile variants including a 4-rope-grab variant for professional bulk handling. And, as is usual at Gottwald, not only as a Mobile Harbour Crane on a tyre-mounted chassis, but also as a Portal Harbour Crane on a portal and as a Floating Crane on barge. Just like our Models 6, 7 and 8 that have already been launched and proven their performance and efficiency. And just like our promise: You Name it, We Crane it.”
Model 4 – Compact Crane for a Wide Variety of Applications
Designed in a compact and functional manner, the Harbour Crane Model 4 offers, besides 100 tonnes capacity up to 22 metres, a working radius of up to 46 metres, hoist speeds of up to 100 m/min and a 40-tonne grab curve in A7 classification or 34-tonne grab curve in A8 classification.
The crane thus meets the requirements of universal and special terminals and can serve ships up to the Panamax class. At the same time, Model 4 is attractive for terminals that, on account of their size and development potential, are already anticipating larger cargo-handling volumes and increasing annual operating hours for discharging equipment.
With the Model 4 Harbour Crane, Gottwald is presenting cargo-handling equipment that ranks eminently among the range of models in Generation 5, and in addition to its compact overall design, offers many versatile benefits in its application: As versatile as possible, no larger than necessary.
First Customer References – Four Model 4 Mobile Harbour Cranes for Ports in Belgium, Spain and India
Clearly, Model 4 exists not only on the drawing board, but now also in the Ports of Antwerp (Belgium) and Ferrol in the northern Spanish province of Galicia. Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf, a Gottwald customer of many years in Antwerp, commissioned a G HMK 6407 Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane in spring 2007 and, at the same time, opted to purchase a 100-tonne Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406. The new Model 4 went into service in the Port of Antwerp in mid-September. And – depending on what is needed – will handle containers and general cargo.
A further new Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406, was handed over at Terminales Maritimas de Galicia in the Port of Ferrol, where it mainly loads wind power plant components
Model 4 also attracted Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC) from India, which ordered two G HMK 4406 Mobile Harbour Cranes. The two new Gottwald cranes will handle containers and bulk materials by motor grab and steel by coil hook in the Port of Krishnapatnam, some 180 km north of Chennai. Colonel Puri, the Director of NEC, had the following to say on the award of the contract to Gottwald: "We are convinced that we made the right decision when we ordered the two cranes from the new Generation 5 and that, with them, we will get the best possible value for our outlay. That is above all because, with Gottwald products, we can expect the lowest total cost of ownership and the highest level of reliability."
“So Model 4 of the new Generation 5 has got off to a very good start on the market," says Di Lisa, Gottwald’s Sales Director. “We have clearly met the requirements of our customers with this crane in the 100-tonne class. One and a half year after its introduction, Generation 5 is well on the way to following in the successful footsteps of its predecessors."
Inauguration Ceremony at Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf in the Port of Antwerp
On 30 August 2007, Gottwald handed over the first Model 4 crane at an inauguration celebration at Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf together with a Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane commissioned in April 2007. During the inauguration ceremony at quay 321, Eric Schoonbaert, Operations Director of Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf, Bedrijf Walkranen commented: “Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf and Gottwald are connected by a partnership of many years, which is and has been the basis of many incentives for new and further developments. So to extend our Mobile Harbour Crane fleet, we are investing in Gottwald's Generation 5 crane models because we are absolutely satisfied with the technology and performance of this new crane generation. What’s more, the Antwerp Gottwald service representative, in the form of a well-trained and dedicated service team, is always available to maintain high reliability and availability of the cranes, which we hire out to a large number of stevedoring companies throughout the Port of Antwerp.”
The Chassis – Compact, Flexible and Easily Manoeuvrable
The robust chassis of Model 4 corresponds to that of Models 6, 7 and 8. The chassis is equipped with six axles. Thanks to its small turning radius and crab steering, it is excellent to manoeuvre. An automatic propping function saves valuable time when propping the crane alongside the vessel, keeping the non-productive crane time to a minimum. Moreover, the chassis of Model 4 is characterised by its H-shaped stabiliser arrangement, large wheels and maintenance-free equaliser beams for large vertical compensation.
Model 4 Also as a Portal Harbour Crane and Floating Crane
For several years now, Gottwald has been successfully combining proven Mobile Harbour Crane technology, used in connection with a tyre-mounted chassis for more than 50 years, with a portal and/or a barge. And, as a consequence, is the unchallenged pioneer in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on confined and special quays which normally require rail-mounted solutions. At the same time, Gottwald is an innovator in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on Floating cranes for mid-stream transhipment in ports and rivers, or even on the open sea. Therefore, the new Model 4 is available as a Mobile Harbour Crane, a Portal Harbour Crane or in the form of the Floating cranes – Harbour Pontoon Crane or Portal Harbour Crane on barge.
Since Gottwald supplies rail-mounted Mobile Harbour Crane technology in the form of Portal Harbour Cranes, the design of the portals is based on the customer-specific rail gauges, clearance heights and permissible rail loads. On Gottwald Floating Cranes, the tyre-mounted chassis is replaced by a customer-specific barge.
The Superstructure
Gottwald is breaking new ground with the superstructure of Model 4: a robust, compact and torsionally stiff platform, which also includes the tower base, accommodates the tower and the machinery, as well as the drives. The electrical equipment and diesel-generator set, on the other hand, are accommodated in watertight, closed containers arranged on top of one another and mounted with the counterweight on the rear section of the platform. The electrics container is air conditioned, and the diesel-generator container is soundproofed. For overhaul work, the diesel-generator set can simply be removed from the side with the equipment normally used in the port. The diesel-generator set performance and the number of hoists and slewing gear drive assemblies differ depending on the crane variant.
The Tower and Boom
The tower of Model 4 has a torsionally stiff box-girder design which ensures excellent transmission of forces and moments to the superstructure. Access to the tower cab is by means of a convenient stairway. The high tower together with its elevated cab affords an excellent view of the ship. The rigid, torsionally stiff boom is a proven lattice construction and is attached high up on the tower.
The Drive: Diesel-Electric, Energy-Saving, Efficient and Environmentally Friendly
Model 4 is economical, energy-saving and efficient. High-performance diesel-generator sets with outputs of between 750 and 895 kW ensure high working speeds and correspondingly high handling rates. The excellent degree of efficiency and long maintenance intervals minimise fuel and operating costs. And thanks to low exhaust and sound emissions, both ports and the environment benefit twofold.
The conversion to electrical operation without using the diesel-generator set is no problem since Gottwald cranes already use electric drive technology, and the units – bypassing the diesel-generator set – can be operated directly with power from the harbour mains. “It is no wonder that the environmentally-friendly drive system most commonly used in ports brings to the fore its advantages over other systems and is completely state-of-the-art," says Di Lisa.
Generation 5 Is Right on Course
“Overall," according to Dobner, “one and a half years after the introduction of Generation 5, it can be said that Gottwald is proving to be the company that is actively helping to shape the changing global handling business. “We are certain,“ continues Dobner, “that, with the launch of Model 4, we have introduced the right entry-level model for Harbour Crane operators who require 100-tonne lifting capacity. With Model 4, we are breaking ground in the business and and confirming our position as the unchallenged market leader in Mobile Harbour Crane technology. Mobile Harbour Cranes, including the Generation-5 types on rail and barge, are the result of a consistent, uncompromising policy of further development and close cooperation with our customers, whose benefits are always the focus point of all our efforts. That is always our philosophy, our obligation and our promise: You Name it, We Crane it.”
About Gottwald Port Technology GmbH
As a member company of the Demag Cranes Group, Gottwald Port Technology GmbH represents the Port Technology segment. This segment with its workforce of about 800 achieved a turnover of some EUR 270 million in financial year 2005/2006. Thanks to attractive, innovative products, Gottwald has a prime standing in international growth markets for Mobile Harbour Cranes and automated port logistics systems. Gottwald products are supplied to over 80 countries around the world.
Photograph:
A Model 4 (G HMK 4406) Mobile Harbour Crane from Terminales Maritimas de Galicia in the Port of Ferrol handling wind power plant components.
Gottwald Port Technology
Generation 5: Model 4 Extends Product Range in 100-tonne Class –
As Versatile as Possible, No Larger than Necessary
Düsseldorf (Germany), 4 December 2007 – You Name it, We Crane it – it is with this claim that Gottwald Port Technology (Gottwald), the world market leader in Mobile Harbour Cranes, started the year 2006, and opened a completely new chapter in the history of Mobile Harbour Crane technology with the introduction of Generation 5.
As a reminder: Gottwald Generation 5 Harbour Crane Models 6, 7 and 8 are built as Mobile Harbour, Portal Harbour and Floating Cranes with lifting capacities of up to 200 tonnes and working radii of up to 56 metres for terminals and ships of all sizes and for all applications, based on a standard design principle using many identical parts. For these models, Gottwald offers a wide range of versatile variants to meet individual customer requirements in terms of crane type, lifting capacity, hoist speed and drive power. The combination of types and a broad range of variants, together with a well-conceived advance-order programme, allow for highly individual solutions, coupled with short delivery lead-times.
Numerous customers throughout the world are now profiting from this ground-breaking new approach, which has been very well received on the market. Gottwald customers have placed their trust in Generation 5 cranes some 79 times (end of September) since their introduction.
Generation 5 Range Going Perfectly to Plan – New Model 4 as an Entry-Level Model for the 100-Tonne Crane Class
“With Model 4, our range of Models 6, 7 and 8 has been extended to include a further pioneering model, demonstrating that we are continuing our consistent and uncompromising development of Generation 5 according to plan,” explains Dr. Mathias Dobner, CEO at Gottwald. And he adds: "Model 4 is seen as an entry-level model for the very diversified market of the 100-tonne class, a market we are observing very precisely. We offer Model 4 – naturally with Gottwald typical diesel electric drive for utmost economical and environmental-friendly operation – in several versatile variants including a 4-rope-grab variant for professional bulk handling. And, as is usual at Gottwald, not only as a Mobile Harbour Crane on a tyre-mounted chassis, but also as a Portal Harbour Crane on a portal and as a Floating Crane on barge. Just like our Models 6, 7 and 8 that have already been launched and proven their performance and efficiency. And just like our promise: You Name it, We Crane it.”
Model 4 – Compact Crane for a Wide Variety of Applications
Designed in a compact and functional manner, the Harbour Crane Model 4 offers, besides 100 tonnes capacity up to 22 metres, a working radius of up to 46 metres, hoist speeds of up to 100 m/min and a 40-tonne grab curve in A7 classification or 34-tonne grab curve in A8 classification.
The crane thus meets the requirements of universal and special terminals and can serve ships up to the Panamax class. At the same time, Model 4 is attractive for terminals that, on account of their size and development potential, are already anticipating larger cargo-handling volumes and increasing annual operating hours for discharging equipment.
With the Model 4 Harbour Crane, Gottwald is presenting cargo-handling equipment that ranks eminently among the range of models in Generation 5, and in addition to its compact overall design, offers many versatile benefits in its application: As versatile as possible, no larger than necessary.
First Customer References – Four Model 4 Mobile Harbour Cranes for Ports in Belgium, Spain and India
Clearly, Model 4 exists not only on the drawing board, but now also in the Ports of Antwerp (Belgium) and Ferrol in the northern Spanish province of Galicia. Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf, a Gottwald customer of many years in Antwerp, commissioned a G HMK 6407 Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane in spring 2007 and, at the same time, opted to purchase a 100-tonne Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406. The new Model 4 went into service in the Port of Antwerp in mid-September. And – depending on what is needed – will handle containers and general cargo.
A further new Model 4 Mobile Harbour Crane, a G HMK 4406, was handed over at Terminales Maritimas de Galicia in the Port of Ferrol, where it mainly loads wind power plant components
Model 4 also attracted Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NEC) from India, which ordered two G HMK 4406 Mobile Harbour Cranes. The two new Gottwald cranes will handle containers and bulk materials by motor grab and steel by coil hook in the Port of Krishnapatnam, some 180 km north of Chennai. Colonel Puri, the Director of NEC, had the following to say on the award of the contract to Gottwald: "We are convinced that we made the right decision when we ordered the two cranes from the new Generation 5 and that, with them, we will get the best possible value for our outlay. That is above all because, with Gottwald products, we can expect the lowest total cost of ownership and the highest level of reliability."
“So Model 4 of the new Generation 5 has got off to a very good start on the market," says Di Lisa, Gottwald’s Sales Director. “We have clearly met the requirements of our customers with this crane in the 100-tonne class. One and a half year after its introduction, Generation 5 is well on the way to following in the successful footsteps of its predecessors."
Inauguration Ceremony at Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf in the Port of Antwerp
On 30 August 2007, Gottwald handed over the first Model 4 crane at an inauguration celebration at Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf together with a Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane commissioned in April 2007. During the inauguration ceremony at quay 321, Eric Schoonbaert, Operations Director of Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf, Bedrijf Walkranen commented: “Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf and Gottwald are connected by a partnership of many years, which is and has been the basis of many incentives for new and further developments. So to extend our Mobile Harbour Crane fleet, we are investing in Gottwald's Generation 5 crane models because we are absolutely satisfied with the technology and performance of this new crane generation. What’s more, the Antwerp Gottwald service representative, in the form of a well-trained and dedicated service team, is always available to maintain high reliability and availability of the cranes, which we hire out to a large number of stevedoring companies throughout the Port of Antwerp.”
The Chassis – Compact, Flexible and Easily Manoeuvrable
The robust chassis of Model 4 corresponds to that of Models 6, 7 and 8. The chassis is equipped with six axles. Thanks to its small turning radius and crab steering, it is excellent to manoeuvre. An automatic propping function saves valuable time when propping the crane alongside the vessel, keeping the non-productive crane time to a minimum. Moreover, the chassis of Model 4 is characterised by its H-shaped stabiliser arrangement, large wheels and maintenance-free equaliser beams for large vertical compensation.
Model 4 Also as a Portal Harbour Crane and Floating Crane
For several years now, Gottwald has been successfully combining proven Mobile Harbour Crane technology, used in connection with a tyre-mounted chassis for more than 50 years, with a portal and/or a barge. And, as a consequence, is the unchallenged pioneer in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on confined and special quays which normally require rail-mounted solutions. At the same time, Gottwald is an innovator in the use of Mobile Harbour Crane technology on Floating cranes for mid-stream transhipment in ports and rivers, or even on the open sea. Therefore, the new Model 4 is available as a Mobile Harbour Crane, a Portal Harbour Crane or in the form of the Floating cranes – Harbour Pontoon Crane or Portal Harbour Crane on barge.
Since Gottwald supplies rail-mounted Mobile Harbour Crane technology in the form of Portal Harbour Cranes, the design of the portals is based on the customer-specific rail gauges, clearance heights and permissible rail loads. On Gottwald Floating Cranes, the tyre-mounted chassis is replaced by a customer-specific barge.
The Superstructure
Gottwald is breaking new ground with the superstructure of Model 4: a robust, compact and torsionally stiff platform, which also includes the tower base, accommodates the tower and the machinery, as well as the drives. The electrical equipment and diesel-generator set, on the other hand, are accommodated in watertight, closed containers arranged on top of one another and mounted with the counterweight on the rear section of the platform. The electrics container is air conditioned, and the diesel-generator container is soundproofed. For overhaul work, the diesel-generator set can simply be removed from the side with the equipment normally used in the port. The diesel-generator set performance and the number of hoists and slewing gear drive assemblies differ depending on the crane variant.
The Tower and Boom
The tower of Model 4 has a torsionally stiff box-girder design which ensures excellent transmission of forces and moments to the superstructure. Access to the tower cab is by means of a convenient stairway. The high tower together with its elevated cab affords an excellent view of the ship. The rigid, torsionally stiff boom is a proven lattice construction and is attached high up on the tower.
The Drive: Diesel-Electric, Energy-Saving, Efficient and Environmentally Friendly
Model 4 is economical, energy-saving and efficient. High-performance diesel-generator sets with outputs of between 750 and 895 kW ensure high working speeds and correspondingly high handling rates. The excellent degree of efficiency and long maintenance intervals minimise fuel and operating costs. And thanks to low exhaust and sound emissions, both ports and the environment benefit twofold.
The conversion to electrical operation without using the diesel-generator set is no problem since Gottwald cranes already use electric drive technology, and the units – bypassing the diesel-generator set – can be operated directly with power from the harbour mains. “It is no wonder that the environmentally-friendly drive system most commonly used in ports brings to the fore its advantages over other systems and is completely state-of-the-art," says Di Lisa.
Generation 5 Is Right on Course
“Overall," according to Dobner, “one and a half years after the introduction of Generation 5, it can be said that Gottwald is proving to be the company that is actively helping to shape the changing global handling business. “We are certain,“ continues Dobner, “that, with the launch of Model 4, we have introduced the right entry-level model for Harbour Crane operators who require 100-tonne lifting capacity. With Model 4, we are breaking ground in the business and and confirming our position as the unchallenged market leader in Mobile Harbour Crane technology. Mobile Harbour Cranes, including the Generation-5 types on rail and barge, are the result of a consistent, uncompromising policy of further development and close cooperation with our customers, whose benefits are always the focus point of all our efforts. That is always our philosophy, our obligation and our promise: You Name it, We Crane it.”
About Gottwald Port Technology GmbH
As a member company of the Demag Cranes Group, Gottwald Port Technology GmbH represents the Port Technology segment. This segment with its workforce of about 800 achieved a turnover of some EUR 270 million in financial year 2005/2006. Thanks to attractive, innovative products, Gottwald has a prime standing in international growth markets for Mobile Harbour Cranes and automated port logistics systems. Gottwald products are supplied to over 80 countries around the world.
Photograph:
A Model 4 (G HMK 4406) Mobile Harbour Crane from Terminales Maritimas de Galicia in the Port of Ferrol handling wind power plant components.
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