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‘Megamax’ Cranes From Cork Harbour Arrive in New York Area
Three huge cranes which left Cork Harbour at the end of August have arrived at their final destination the New York area, as RTÉ News reports.
Tom MacSweeney covered the three Limerick-built cranes upon their departure from Port of Cork on board the Big Lift Baffin for their transatlantic journey.
As our own Jehan Ashmore previously wrote, the three 150m ship-to-shore (STS) Liebherr cranes represent the largest single objects ever engineered in Ireland.
Ahoy! Take a look at the three new megamax ship to shore container cranes (STS), that recently made their journey from Cork to New York.
— Liebherr Maritime Cranes (@LH_Maritime) September 9, 2022
Stay tuned to see the first pictures from New York soon.#liebherr #shiptoshore #madeinireland #containerhandling #STS #ecoSTS pic.twitter.com/am41tSLC6E
Logistics for transporting the massive ‘megamax’ cranes were complicated by the presence of the Bayonne Bridge connecting New York and New Jersey, which has a clearance less than half that of their fully assembled height.
But the Big Lift successfully passed the bridge on schedule on Saturday afternoon (10 September) and the cranes will now be installed at Maher Terminals at Port Newark in New Jersey.
RTÉ News has more on the story HERE.
Big Lift Leaves Cork Harbour Bound for New York
Crowds lined the Riverside from Monkstown to Cobh in Cork Harbour this afternoon as the Big Lift Baffin left Cork Dockyard with three heavy lift cranes aboard bound for New York.
Two Cork Port tugs assisted the ship leaving the Dockyard. It went astern out to the centre of Monkstown Bay and was then turned bow on to leave the harbour down past Cobh, Whitegate and Roche"s Point for the ten-day voyage to the US.
Big Lift heading for sea and New York
For more read Afloat's earlier report on the Big Lift Baffin here
Crowds watching Big Lift Baffin depart Cork Dockyard
