The Grand Port Maritime de la Réunion has put a new versatile mobile crane into service a few weeks ago, at a cost of 5 million euros, capable of operating both container ships and truquiers. The primary vocation of this Liebherr brand equipment, lifting capacity of more than 150 tonnes, is to treat the pellet boats which will supply from the end of the year the Bois-Rouge power plant. These wooden balls imported from the United States will be stored in domes built near the quays. Before operating the first ship, expected in July, The mobile crane is used to handle the containers transported by small tonnage cargoles. "The cumulative rates of the two mobile cranes are almost equivalent to that of a portico", estimates the large port. When the first container carrier is unloaded, March 18, A rate of 13 "boxes" on the hour could be held.
