Demag Cranes supplies its first Mobile Harbour Crane to Bermuda

Düsseldorf, 7 February 2012 - Demag Cranes supplies its first Mobile Harbour Crane to Bermuda. A Gottwald HMK 170 E will be taking up commercial operation in the spring of 2012 at the port of Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda, where it will be handling containers and general cargo. The crane will play a key role in future in providing goods to the approximately 70,000 inhabitants of this British overseas territory.

For Stevedoring Services Ltd., the company that will be operating the crane, this new acquisition is an important step towards efficient cargo handling: "Thanks to this HMK 170 E, for the first time in our history, we have a crane that is at the cutting edge of handling technology", enthuses Peter Aldrich, CEO of Stevedoring Services Ltd. When the company placed its order with Demag Cranes, one of the decisive factors was the excellent value-for-money, continues Peter Aldrich.

With this order, Demag Cranes has, once again, penetrated a completely new market. For the first time, the company will have a Mobile Harbour Crane on this island in the North Atlantic which, at the same time, boosts its leading presence in the Caribbean and surrounding region.

Due to the particular geographical situation on the Bermudas, the innovative service approach also played a key part in opting for a Gottwald crane. The new crane is equipped with a teleservice function, Crane Remote Access System, which enables the customer himself and the service engineers at Demag Cranes to access production and diagnostics data around the clock without interrupting crane operation. Even at the headquarters of Demag Cranes in Düsseldorf, it is possible to monitor and analyse the operating state of the crane. In addition, it is possible via the Remote Desktop Tool to access the crane for testing purposes, to carry out certain maintenance work and remedy faults when it is not in normal crane operation. As a result of the restricted space and limited assembly facilities in Hamilton, the crane is to be fully assembled in the North Sea port of Rotterdam, from where it will be shipped to Hamilton via a heavy-load vessel. After a brief final installation and commissioning on site, the crane will be immediately ready for operation.