loading of STS container gantry crane in Hamburg onto a ship or barge

[polsteam]

has anyone seen (during recent days) an operation of loading (or skidding) of ship to shore container gantry crane (I do not know the size - feeder container ship size or long-haul container vessel / panamax size) ?

got pictures ?...

according to unconfirmed reports it is the container crane destined for use in new Szczecin container terminal...

[Jens Boldt]

Hi polsteam,

yes, I have seen the crane today.
It was placed on some kind of barge and left Hamburg today in tow of tugs Uran and Fairplay VI.... but I only got photos of the tug Uran.:-(

Greetings,
Jens

PS: And I think I read on the the crane something like "Port of Szczecin"...

[Kelvin Davies]

The tugs, Uran & Fairplay VI are both in Amerikahaven, Cuxhaven this evening.
Maybe they will move again in the morning.
Both tugs show Cuxhaven as their destination.
Kelvin

[Malte Classens]

Hello Polsteam,
I have seen tug URAN and the barge UR 93 on Monday evening, the container crane was at that time still standing ashore. Picture just uploaded: http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-1130655-URAN+%2B+UR+93
So the crane has feeder size and was not in use since some time already. On the leg you can see the destination will be Szczecin as rumours said.

Best regards,
Malte

[polsteam]

great many thanks for all answers in this thread  :-)

[Timsen]

Photo and German report:
http://www.cn-online.de/lokales/news/stopp-in-cuxhaven.html