When construction began on the new International Runway at Memphis International Airport, Fullen Dock provided delivery of 150,000 tons of construction aggregate for the two-mile long, three-foot thick, steel-reinforced concrete runway.
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Fullen Dock And Warehouse Increases Productivity With Extensive Equipment Upgrade
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—(Aug. 11, 2005)—Fullen Dock and Warehouse, an intermodal river terminal located at Mile 740 of the Lower Mississippi, today announced the delivery of a new 250-ton lattice boom crawler crane from the Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company. This all-hydraulic, 120’ boom crane will provide increased productivity through heavier lifting capacity and allow for expanded loading and offloading capabilities.
“This powerful crane has allowed us to more than double our lifting capacity and has dramatically increased overall efficiency,” said Lanny Chalk, terminal manager. “Within a week of its delivery and after intensive operator training, we were fully loading containers to a barge in just 90 minutes.”
The Link-Belt crane is of the HYLAB series (LS-278H model) and offers superior lift capacities in the 230 to 250-ton class, while providing pinpoint controls and modular components for fast, easy assembly. It is powered by a Cummins N14-C440 diesel engine with 440 brake horsepower, the largest in its class. Pumps are piston type with automatic hydraulic load sensing. Independent speed control of each function utilizing piston motors gives unprecedented ability to spot and precisely place loads.
One reason Fullen Dock chose this powerful crane was to increase efficiency in its Container-On-Barge (COB) program, a partnership with Osprey Line that was announced in March 2004. Osprey, a Houston-based, US.-flagged short-sea operator specializing in inland COB services, transports full containers from Fullen Dock to waiting ocean carriers in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Memphis region, those containers often contain regionally grown cotton.
In addition to the large crane at the company’s riverside docks, Fullen has also recently installed an overhead crane in its warehouse. Since its installation earlier this month, the 40-ton P&H overhead bridge crane has increased the company’s warehouse storage capacity by 25 percent.
When the historic bomber Memphis Belle needed a lift from the Millington Naval Base to its newly constructed pavillion at Mud Island in downtown Memphis, Fullen Dock got it there safe and sound.
Overview for Reporters and Editors
Fullen Dock and Warehouse is a full-service intermodal river terminal and warehousing facility located at Mile 740 of the lower Mississippi River, immediately north of Downtown Memphis. Fullen Dock clients include barge brokers, freight forwarders, and manufacturers requiring barge services, harbor and tug services, transshipment, trucking and storage within the Mid-South (Memphis, Tenn.) and to other continental U.S. regions. Fullen Stone stores, sells and transports a wide variety of aggregate products to the regional construction trade. Founded in 1979 in Memphis, "America's Distribution Center," Fullen is located near the junction of I-40 and I-55, with open rail access to CSXT, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. For more information on Fullen Dock and Warehouse or Fullen Stone, visit www.fullendock.com or call 800-467-7104.
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