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08 May 2008

Table 1: Estimated basic data for the calculation of crane-related container handling costs (relative values for comparison). Source: Kranbau Eberswalde
Type of crane and ship to be serviced	Container handling volume operation per year with 230 days and 8 h working time	Crane price (US$)	Crane lifetime (years)	Costs for handling 1000 TEU (US$)
Post-Panamax crane and post-Panamax vessel. Throughput 45 cont/h	120000 TEU (approx. 80000 moves)	4 million	20	1667
Mobile feeder server and small/medium feeder ship. Throughput 40 cont/h	110000 TEU (approx. 74000 moves)	3 million	16	1700
Post-Panamax crane and small feeder ship. Throughput 25 cont/h	70000 TEU (approx. 46000 moves)	4 million	20	2860
Mobile harbour slewing crane and small feeder ship. Throughput 20 cont/h	56000 TEU (approx. 37000 moves)	2.5 million	10	4460

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