Handling Equipment

Workington's lifting equipment includes two 30 tonne cranes specially commissioned for Workington from the Dutch manufacturer Nelcon. These cranes are designed to be used for both grabbing or hook operations, enabling the port to offer a vastly improved service for bulk cargoes. Throughput for bulk commodities has more than doubled to 400-500 tonnes per hour, and the cranes also offer a heavy lift capability of 45 tonnes in tandem lift mode. In addition there is one mobile excavator crane, which can be used for grabbing or hook operations.

Other equipment includes forklift trucks with capacities of up to seven tonnes and four loading shovels for dry bulk cargoes with capacities up to 12 cubic metres. The Port of Workington also provides its own rail service within the port, operating four locomotives for moving freight wagons on its extensive rail system.