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Luffing Crane 1

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The following photos show: (h) the spreader bar is lifting a cargo container from a mock ship, (i) a mock-up of the Intelligent Spreader Bar  attached to the upper spreader and the tagline beam is at the upper end of the crane allowing the container to be acquired from the far edge of the ship, (j) end view of the crane acquiring a container, (k) the crane after acquiring a container from the ship, the tagline beam is lowered to the crane base, and the crane is about to place it on the MOB cargo deck, (l) the crane is placing the container on the MOB deck.

h rail8 i rail9

j rail10 k rail11 

l rail12

Created August 26, 2011, Updated January 5, 2017