Press Release

Ref: PRCSH111
Date: 2nd February 2017

Port of Swansea takes delivery of equipment set to boost efficiency

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The second of five highly efficient hydraulic cranes destined for Associated British Ports (ABP) facilities across the UK has arrived at ABP Swansea.

Supplied and installed by the country's largest independent provider of port equipment, Cooper Specialised Handling, the Mantsinen 120M crane is part of a £6million deal between the two companies.

A smaller version of the acclaimed equipment was recently installed at the port operator's facility in Teignmouth, Devon and it is now unloading 2,000T vessels two hours quicker, using less fuel, than the crane it replaced.

Tony Rooney, Managing Director at Cooper Specialised Handling, commented: "We are delighted that the Teignmouth crane is already proving its worth and the equipment that has now arrived in South Wales shares the same HybriLift energy storage and recovery system so we expect similar savings at the Port of Swansea.

"Members of ABP's operations team inspected the crane during its manufacture in Finland where it has been designed to meet both current needs and future demands as the port grows.

"Since then it has been transported by sea and road to its new home where it is now operated using a range of attachments to handle a wide range of cargo."

Covering an area of 521 acres, ABP's Port of Swansea annually handles over 500,000 tonnes of agribulks, coal, aggregates and project cargo. The port has the capacity to handle vessels of up to 30,000 dwt and the new equipment will be used to improve the efficiency of cargo handling.

Matthew Kennerley, ABP South Wales Director, said: "Our investment into this key piece of cargo handling equipment is part of our commitment to continuously improve the services we provide to port customers.

"We are pleased to have worked with Cooper Specialised Handling. Their purchasing process allowed our operational team, including those who will be using the crane, to be actively involved in establishing the specification of the new crane. Therefore, we are confident that it will help us improve operational efficiency and customer service at the port."

Caption: The new Mantsinen 120M HybriLift hydraulic crane now in operation at the Port of Swansea. 

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Editor's Notes

Cooper Handling Group operates in all sectors of lifting and materials handling across the UK and Ireland. Cooper Specialised Handling is its heavy handling division and is the exclusive UK distributor for Meclift and Sany equipment, sole importer and distributor for Mantsinen cranes and a specialist in Konecranes lift trucks. The company has a specialist aftersales division, Cooper Handling Solutions, while Cooper Materials Handling specialises in industrial forklift trucks and is the UK distributor for the Maximal brand.  Independently owned, Cooper offers total solutions for forklifts from 6 to 60 metric tonnes and a complete range of hydraulic cranes for solid and bulk handling. It provides high quality, high value products and reliable service to customers who operate in the toughest sectors across freight, ports, inter-modal terminals and other heavy lifting industries, together with a broad range of industrial materials handling applications from manufacturing to distribution. 

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Martine Layland

CHANGEWORKS Communications Limited
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Company contact:

Natasha Barnes

Business Development Manager

Cooper SH Limited
Holly Farm Business Park
Honiley
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 1NP
United Kingdom

Tel: 01926 658900
email:natasha@cooperhandling.com

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