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A modern container crane capable of lifting two 20-foot (6.1 m) long containers at once (end to end) under the telescopic spreader will generally have a rated lifting capacity of 65 tonnes. Some new cranes have a 120-tonne load capacity, enabling them to lift up to four 20-foot (6.1 m) or two 40-foot (12 m) containers.
Keith Walton Tantlinger (March 22, 1919 – August 27, 2011) was a mechanical engineer and inventor.As Vice President of Engineering at the Fruehauf Trailer Corporation his inventions played a major role in containerization. [1]
McLean was born in Maxton, North Carolina in 1913. [2] His first name was originally spelled Malcolm, though he used Malcom later in life. [3]In 1935, when he finished high school at Winston-Salem, his family did not have enough money to send him to college, but there was enough for McLean to buy a used truck.
Travelling by road. The sidelifter loads and unloads containers via a pair of hydraulic powered cranes mounted at each end of the vehicle chassis.The cranes are designed to lift containers from the ground, from other vehicles including rolling stock, from railway wagons and directly from stacks on docks or aboard container ships.
PACECO focuses on the production of container handling cranes, which are branded as PORTAINER and TRANSTAINER. On 22 February 2024, the White House announced that as part of its 20-billion-dollar scheme to upgrade and secure the country's port infrastructure, Mitsui E&S and PACECO are planning to resume manufacturing cranes in the US.
Nancy Conrad (née Crane) is a teacher, author, publisher, entrepreneur, and public speaker. She is the wife of late astronaut Pete Conrad and Founder and Chair of the Conrad Foundation. Education and early career
Norma Crane (born Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman; November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an American actress of stage, film, and television best known for her role as Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. She also starred in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! and Penelope. Crane was born in New York City, but raised in El Paso ...
George William Archibald (born 13 July 1946) is the co-founder of the International Crane Foundation and was the inaugural winner [1] of the 2006 Indianapolis Prize. Archibald was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia , Canada to Donald Edison and Annie Letitia ("Lettie") (née MacLeod) Archibald.