Great Lakes Ship­yard installs a new over­head bridge crane its main fab­ri­ca­tion build­ing.  The crane is built by EMH, Inc. of Val­ley City, Ohio.  There are two inde­pen­dent­ly oper­at­ed 5‑ton lifts, so the com­bined lifts have 10-ton capacity.

This new crane is an impor­tant addi­tion to the ship­yard’s facil­i­ties and equip­ment.   The Com­pa­ny has an exist­ing sin­gle lift 10-ton over­head bridge crane, so this new crane increas­es the lift capac­i­ty and pro­vides more flex­i­bil­i­ty.  It pro­vides flex­i­bil­i­ty in mate­r­i­al han­dling, there­by increas­ing pro­duc­tiv­i­ty.  Dur­ing any fab­ri­ca­tion process, mul­ti­ple teams can be work­ing simul­ta­ne­ous­ly as cranes hold the shell plat­ing and large fram­ing on ves­sel mod­ules.  It also allows for quick and easy placement/removal of large steel plates from the plas­ma cut­ting table surface.

The crane is fund­ed in part with assis­tance from a Mar­itime Admin­is­tra­tion (MARAD) small ship­yard grant.