Universal Maritime Services Corporation recently ordered a second Portainer® crane from Paceco, Inc., a subsidiary of Detroit-based Fruehauf Corporation. The Paceco Modified 'A' frame model dockside container handling crane will be used at the Marine Container Terminal in Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y., alongside the first Portainer ordered earlier and now being fabricated by Paceco.
With a lifting capability of 40 long tons, the Portainer crane will feature a box girder boom that has a 120-foot outreach. Other characteristics are a 30-foot backreach, a quick change headblock, a telescopic spreader capable of handling 20/40-foot containers, and a 45-ton cargo beam. It will also have optional features for safety and operator comfort, such as hurricane tie-downs, air-conditioned cab, etc.
Paceco's Gulfport, Miss., manufacturing facility will fabricate the Portainer, and delivery is scheduled for late 1981 by barge.