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The Hammerhead crane at the PSNS & IMF in Bremerton in April. The shipyard is planning for a major renovation and modernization known as SIOP, which will span years, and recently put out a request ...
For cranes used in ports, see: Container cranes. Subcategories. ... Pages in category "Shipyard cranes" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Some new cranes have a 120-tonne load capacity, enabling them to lift up to four 20-foot (6.1 m) or two 40-foot (12 m) containers. Cranes capable of lifting six 20-foot containers have also been designed. Post-Panamax cranes weigh approximately 800–900 tonnes, while the newer-generation super-post-Panamax cranes can weigh 1,600–2,000 tonnes.
The shipyard at Clydebank was created in 1871 after the company James & George Thomson moved from the Govan Graving Docks []. [1] [2] John Brown & Company purchased the yard in 1899, and in 1905, a £24,600 order for the crane was placed with Dalmarnock based engineering company Sir William Arrol & Co. [3] Titan was completed two years later in 1907. [3]
The crane in 2020. The crane in 1947. The Hunter's Point crane is a gantry crane located at the naval shipyard in Hunters Point, San Francisco. [1] When it was built, in 1947 to repair battleships and aircraft carriers, it was the largest crane in the world.
Cranes, frequently the largest of shipyard cranes, that are so individually well known as to have acquired names and notable histories. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
A masting sheer, sheers, shears or masting crane is a specialised shipyard crane, intended for placing tall masts onto large sailing ships. "Sheers" is an old name for a fixed crane formed by one or two wooden beams, fixed at the base and supported by ropes. 18th century French masting sheer, with treadwheel crane
The crane was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company yard in 1911, and was first used to install machinery in HMS New Zealand (1911). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Titan was last used six weeks before its demolition, assembling a Type 45 destroyer . [ 4 ]