Bulk Materials International March/April 2008: New Floating crane for Congo
E-Crane® in Belgium has consigned a floating transhipment station – a 1000m2 pontoon fitted with a series 1500B balance crane designed and built by Indusign/E-Crane Worldwide, for mid-stream operations in the Port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The equipment will be used to discharge grain for US-based Seaboard Corp’s Minoterie de Matadi (Midema) flour mill in Matadi where, as in many ports in Africa, there are major congestion problems and a shortage of dockside equipment.The floating transhipment station, MAMA MOBOKOLI, is fitted with a 13.7t-39.5m outreach...
