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Caterpillar is an acknowledged leader in the area of engineering industry and specialized machinery production. Company’s manufacturing line – consists of more than 300 titles of mining and construction machinery, diesel engines, industrial gas-turbine units.
The win of the international tender for the gantry crane construction to St. Petersburg served as a continuation of Baltkran-Caterpillar cooperation. Previous construction carried out by Baltkran in 1999 – 32t-lifting capacity gantry crane has already operated for 14 years. The crane lifting capacity has been significantly increased to 45 tons for the second order. The new crane has bridge span of 60 meters and jib outreach - 12 and 15 meters. Lifting height is 14.5 meters. The crane will be used for handling of containers and rolled metal stock. The design allows the use of electric swivel hook, spreader and magnetic cross-beam. The delivery date — 1 quarter 2014. Vice president for advertisement and marketing, Artur Ermolaev, has commented on the new order signing – “We are glad to receive an order from our old partner-company Caterpillar, it affirms our mutual trust and a good business relationship”. Two-console container gantry crane with 41t-lifting capacity has been commissioned in Vladivostok three months in advance due to large amount of ongoing works in the terminal. This finalized construction will increase the number of RMG cranes up to 26 units supplied by Baltkran to Transbaikal region, Eastern Siberia, Far East, Sakhalin and Kamchatka. The new crane in Vladivostok will considerably increase terminal capacity, which responds to the trend of increased demand.
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