“ Building a part of the crane with our own workforce will also help us smoothen our workload,” he points out.
According to the plan, the new crane will be taken into use in May 2018. What’ s more, the order also includes the modernisation of the shipyard’ s current 600 ton crane – meaning that the 40-year-old veteran will get a new lease on life.
Jan Meyer sees the investment – which comes with a price tag of more than EUR 35 million – as a good example of smart Finnish collaboration and adds that the new crane will“ allow for more industrialisation and increase output capacity”. photo: KONECRANES
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The new deal will double the tonnage of the 1970’ s version.
MIGHTIEST IN THE NORTH
Panu Routila, CEO of Konecranes, comments that an order of this magnitude is significant for the entire Finnish industry. First of all, Routila is pleased to see that the lifetime of the existing Goliath will be prolonged. And then there is the new deal which will double the tonnage of the 1970’ s version:
“ We look forward to delivering a totally new, high-tech and actually the largest gantry crane in the Nordic countries to the site. Together, the two cranes will help Meyer Turku reach higher production levels,” Routila believes.
In a couple of years, the Goliaths will form a real“ dynamic duo” for Turku. The new 1,200 ton gantry crane – together with the old 600 ton crane – will triple the shipyard’ s lifting capacity per day and will allow building and lifting bigger blocks with more outfitting.
“ We look forward to delivering a totally new, high-tech and actually the largest gantry crane in the Nordic countries to the site,” says Panu Routila, CEO of Konecranes.
FOCUS ON THE CABINS
In addition, the new Goliath crane The Turku shipyard investment programme will be leaning heavily into the‘ Internet of Things’ era. The newcomer will its fully owned subsidiary Piikkiö Works.
also includes investing 17 million euros to
be equipped with Konecranes TRU- There will be a new assembly factory( with CONNECT Remote monitoring, allowing a fully automated conveyor belt line) and Konecranes to offer expertise and help to the old panel production hall will be renovated and enlarged to be used as a ware- reduce unplanned downtime – even in the harshest of conditions.
house for the ready-made cabin modules.
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