The Port of Hamburg, as part of its attempt to handle ultra-heavy loads, received a unit load capacity of 600 tons, “Enak”. This would be one of the most powerful salvage/floating cranes in Germany. The crane’s owner Lührs Schifffahrt, acquired “Enak” from Bugsier Reederei, and transferred it to Hamburg.
Currently, in Hamburg there are two floating cranes HHLA III (100 tons) and HHLA IV (200 tons), which can lift up to 300 tons when working in tandem. “Enak” with its capacity of up to 600 tons now represents a more powerful option.
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“Enak gives shippers, project forwarders and heavy-lift shipping companies new opportunities to exploit the Port of Hamburg’s strengths as a project shipment transhipment hub,” Axel Mattern, Joint CEO of Port of Hamburg Marketing, stated.
As an example of the new capabilities that the crane will offer, the Port of Hamburg describes the handling of gas turbines from Berlin and transformers from Nuremberg.
Such large transformers have a unit weight of 550 tons. It was impossible to shift them here with Hamburg’s crane capacities as they stood. Enak now provides an option for shipping such mammoth transformers and other ultra-heavy cargoes via Hamburg.
Built in 1967, technically upgraded in 1993 and now classified by DNV GL, the crane is 55 metres long and 25 metres wide. It carries the German flag and a berth in Ellerholz docks.
