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Deck Machinery, Cargo Handling Equipment

P&O Ports Chooses Kalmar

P&O Ports has chosen Kalmar rub- ber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) to han- dle containers at its new Napoleon

Avenue Container Terminal in New

Orleans. The 55-acre high-density ter- minal facility is being built by the Port of New Orleans on the former site of the port authority's Napoleon Avenue wharves A and B. The terminal is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2002 and will have a capacity of 360,000 metric tons of cargo per year.

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Allied To Manufacture

Lantec Hydraulic Winches

Allied Systems Co. will manufacture a new line of hydraulic winches under a license agreement with Lantec Indus- tries, Inc. The addition of a Lantec - design hydraulic winch extends Allied's

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Techcrane Model OHC40

Marine Overhead Crane

Designed specifically for shipboard applications, the Techcrane model

OHC40 is a marine overhead crane with a 20 U.S. ton load capacity. It can oper- ate under five degree boat list condi- tions, is hydraulically driven, and can be custom fitted for specific applications.

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Loose Cable Contributed To

Crane Collapse

The collapse of a giant, brand new gantry crane which killed 36 people in a

Shanghai shipyard may have been caused by loose steel ropes, state media and an engineer at the crane's designer said in published reports. At press time,

Chinese authorities and officials at

Hudong Shipbuilding Group were still investigating the accident. The collapsed crane is one of the largest gantry cranes to be built and designed in China, capa- ble of carrying 600 tons. The H-shaped structure weighed a total of 4,900 tons and consisted of two legs and a 3,000- ton crossbeam. More than 30 workers, mechanics and engineers at Hudong

Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai's

Pudong district were raising the crane at 8 a.m. when a steel rope fastening the crossbeam to its leg reportedly came loose. Workers were reportedly trying to repair the loose steel rope when it snapped, sending the two legs and the 330-ft. (100-m) crossbeam crashing to the ground. An engineer reported that two steel ropes had blocked the cross- beam from being lifted any higher than its 155 ft. (47-m) position, 110 ft. (33 m) short of its destination. Workers appar- ently first realized the problem at a cere- monial inauguration for the crane. Chi- nese authorities and shipyard officials declined to comment. Xinhua said an investigation was being organized by the

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Council, China's cabinet.

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