Newport to have 35-ton container crane
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NEWPORT DOCKS (MON.) are to have a £200,000 35-ton Paceco-Vickers container transporter crane following purchase authority given by the Minister of Transport to the British Transport Docks Board.
The crane, for which an order has been placed, is to be installed at the new deepwater wharf on the north side of South Dock as part of the final stages of a C24-m development by the Docks Board. There is ample land available adjacent to the berth for container operations and an area is to be leased to Newport Container Terminals Ltd, which is co-operating with the Dock Board in promoting the development of container traffic through the port. The British Railways Freightliner terminal at Pengam, Cardiff, is also near at hand.
With the completion of the development programme, Newport which is well-established as a port for Irish Sea traffic, will be able to handle ocean-going container ships up to • 33,000 tons dead weight.
In assessing the need for a large transporter crane at Newport, the Docks Board has taken into account the possibility of its also being used for the shipment of steel exports for the British Steel Corporation. Its presence will permit development of methods of shipping steel coils, from the RTB Division's nearby Spencer Works, Llanwern, two or more at a time. The concept of handling both containers and steel coils with one transporter crane is not a new one and is in line with developments on the Continent, where the system has been adopted at the new Gylsen terminal at Antwerp.