High winds caused the dockside crane at the APL Dutch Harbor terminal in Alaska to collapse in December 2009 and a replacement crane was required. The best option for APL was to modify and transport a late 1980’s vintage MES post-Panamax crane with articulating boom from APL’s Kaohsiung, Taiwan, terminal to Dutch Harbor. The wharf was also modified to suit the replacement crane.
APL retained Portek as the contractor to perform the crane modifications. Portek transported the crane from its original location in Kaohsiung to a nearby wharf where they performed the crane modification work and seafastening installation. In late...
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