Market Overview
Mobile Harbour Cranes Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25.1% during the forecast period (2024–2031). Mobile harbor cranes has wide applications to handle both the weight and high-height loads at the port’s cruise terminals. Asia-Pacific has the swiftest growth pace in the global mobile harbor crane market. Competitive rivalry intensifies Italgru S.R.L, Konecranes, Liebherr and others operating in the market.
Mobile harbor cranes can be operated with hydraulics systems and controlled by the cabin. It has versatile applications in space, industry, at port for heavy load handlings and in the construction industry, making it universal. A mobile harbor crane is employed at the seaport to handle various cargo, ranging from containers to bulk commodities, general cargo and even heavy lifts.
Market Summary
| Metrics | Details |
| Market CAGR | 25.1% |
| Segments Covered | By Type, By Application, and By Region |
| Report Insights Covered | Competitive Landscape Analysis, Company Profile Analysis, Market Size, Share, Growth, Demand, Recent Developments, Mergers and acquisitions, New Product Launches, Growth Strategies, Revenue Analysis, and Other key insights. |
| Fastest Growing Region | Asia Pacific |
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Market Dynamics
With the surge in digitalization and increasing awareness about the merchandise trade in the forecast period, the rising demand for import and export across the world. However, fluctuating raw material prices and the availability of alternative methods such as port automation, rail-mounted gantry cranes and the floating crane could be a major market restraint.
Rising demand for import and export across the world with the surge in digitalization and increasing awareness about the merchandise trade
Increasing international trade of goods around the globe due to rising awareness about the merchandise trade among the people drives the mobile harbor cranes market. For instance, as per the World Trade Organization, the global merchandise trade was valued at around US$ 19.48 trillion, which increased from US$ 17.33 trillion. It created a massive demand for the mobile harbor crane for handling the import-export goods at the respective ports. Europe accounted for 37% of the total merchandise trade, followed by Asia-Pacific, valued at around US$ 6.91 trillion.
Further rising import and export activities propelled the mobile harbor cranes market demand. For instance, as per the World Trade Organization, total exports and imports are valued at around US$ 7.11 trillion and imports at US$ 7.15 trillion in Europe. North America’s exports and imports were valued at around US$ 2.56 trillion and US$ 3.56 trillion, respectively. Thus it created a massive demand for cranes at ports for handling containers, bulk carriers, general bulky materials, cargo
The mobile harbor cranes are suitable for handling general cargo, containers and coarse bulk materials from the most versatile port cranes, which offer high flexibility and relatively low operating costs. Mobile harbor cranes are available in different sizes with optimized designs for small barges up to unloading cape-size bulk carriers, which enable full modularity and flexibility across the entire product range. It is extremely versatile, can lift heavy weights to 308 tons and covers a wide product range for all vessel sizes from small to mega max and cape.
Therefore, rising demand for import and export across the world, with the surge in digitalization and increasing awareness about the merchandise trade, act as drivers for the global mobile harbor cranes market.
Fluctuating raw material prices and availability of alternative methods such as port automation, rail-mounted gantry cranes and floating crane
Mobile harbor cranes require high capital costs ranging from US$ 2.5 Million to US$ 8 Million per unit as per the cranes' lifting capacity and outreach length. Harbor mobile cranes offer flexible solutions with high performance, reliability, economy and mobility, which benefit any port operation. Crane, available in a wide range of lifting capacities and boom lengths, handles the most complex cargo. However, fluctuation in the raw material prices of the steel and aluminum required for manufacturing mobile harbor cranes is a major problem.
Further availability of alternative methods, such as innovative advanced port automation and floating cranes, hampers the growth of the mobile harbor crane market. Several major ports have installed automated container shifting, which avoided using the additional mobile harbor cranes for handling heavy loads.
China’s Port of Shanghai has launched trial operations at its new automated container terminal with the world’s first unmanned box terminal. The Port development project occupied an area of 2,23 million square meters and a coastline area of around 2,350 meters. The port can handle the biggest containerships and is fully operational to handle around 4 million TEU annually. Thus automated port systems can hamper the growth of the mobile harbor crane market.
Further rail mounted gantry and floating cranes are the alternative to the mobile harbor crane, which has several benefits compared to mobile harbor cranes, as the floating crane can facilitate load handling of the bulk containers in deep seawater. In contrast, rail gantry cranes are less expensive and can ride along a track installed on the floor and a V-groove caster to keep moving in a straight line for carrying bulky loads.
COVID-19 Impact On Market
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influences the mobile harbor industry since numerous nations have halted import and export operations to stop the spread of the virus through commodities.
According to a World Trade Organization report from 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic has reduced global trade by 13% to 32%. The market for mobile harbor cranes has been severely hampered by it. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a top mobile harbor crane manufacturer received a small number of new orders. Additionally, demand rose in June 2020 due to several nations granting permission for import and export.
Furthermore, during the COVID-19 epidemic, several top manufacturers finished outstanding orders and got a small number of new ones for mobile harbor cranes. For instance, in July 2020, ZHD Stevedores (ZHD) ordered two eco-friendly Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes from Konecranes for use in the ports of the Netherlands, one for Dordrecht and one for Moerdijk. The new mobile harbor crane, which can handle dry bulk, steel coils, breakbulk and containers, will be delivered at the end of March 2021. After June 2020, demand remained stable and will eventually rise once the COVID-19 epidemic is over.
Market Segmentation Analysis
The global mobile harbour cranes market is classified based on type, application and region.
The surge in international trade allows the container handling segment to dominate the application segment of the global mobile harbor crane market
The container handling applications have the highest share of the growth of the mobile harbor crane market; this is primarily due to rising container traffic due to a surge in the international trade at ports which created a colossal demand for this segmental growth. As containers handling is generally done with the help of mobile harbor cranes at the import and export ports, cranes help to load and unload containers from the vessels or ships at ports
Further, several leading players are launching mobile harbor cranes for shifting containers at ports. For instance, on August 27, 2020, the COSCO container shipping line introduced a new container handling crane in a sole million ceremony to facilitate the most modern container handling logistics system in the Baltics and opened at the Baltic port company Container Terminal (BCT). Further, on May 14, 2020, Termont ordered two Liebherr container rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes.
Market Geographical Share
Extensive growth in import-export boost the demand and sales of mobile harbor cranes in the Asia-Pacific
In Asia-Pacific, mobile harbor cranes are majorly used for handling heavy containers of manufactured and agricultural goods. As these goods' international import and export activities increased in this region, it created a massive demand for the mobile harbor crane market.
For instance, total export from fuels and mining products, manufactured goods and agriculture grew by 23%, 8% and 5%, respectively, in the developing countries of Asia-Pacific as per the report of the world trade organization
Further increasing import and export of bulk commodities in developing countries such as China and India have propelled the demand for the mobile harbor crane market. For instance, as per the World Trade Organization, China imported around 1.4 billion tons of bulk loads, accounting for around 43.5% of global maritime major bulk trade.
According to the same data, ports in developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region have handled 485 million TEUs of containers, accounting for 61 percent of world port container traffic. Thus to handle such heavy container loads, mobile harbor crane plays a vital role in loading and unloading the containers from vessels to ports.
Also, as per UNCTAD maritime report, Asia-Pacific is the largest trading region accounting for around 4.5 billion tons of goods loading and 6.7 billion tonnes of goods unloading, which created a huge demand for the mobile harbor crane for loading and unloading goods at Asia-Pacific’s seaports.
Global Major Players
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Kocks Ardelt Kranbau
Overview: Kocks Ardelt Kranbau is a double jib level luffing cranes manufacturer. The company has acquired around 132 patents for double jib level luffing systems. The company offers general cargo handling, dry bulk handling, container handling and ship-building services. The company provides a portfolio of the cranes such as double-jib level luffing cranes, jib cranes, balancer cranes, Tukan M & S, Tukan K & B, Tukan F, Kondor, Kranich and Pelikan
Product Portfolio:
- SAC1600S: The product is a 160 tons all-terrain crane with 160t maximum Lifting capacity and 73m maximum boom length. It has a maximum lifting height of 101m and a maximum lifting capacity of 40t.
Key Development:
- On August 27, 2020, the Kocks Ardelt Kranbau delivered TUKAN 3000 to Brunsbüttel Port with a third double jib level luffing crane with a maximum lifting capacity of 120t, a radius of 63m and an overall height of 75m.
The global mobile harbour cranes market report would provide approximately 50 tables, 47 figures and almost 172 pages.
Target Audience 2024
- Manufacturers/ Buyers
- Industry Investors/Investment Bankers
- Research Professionals
- Emerging Companies
