Port Equipment

Felixstowe names ZPMC for a GBP 43.6m four-crane package

Published 9 August 2026 Updated 16 August 2026 Publisher IMWO Region Global Confidence Confirmed
Port of Felixstowe ship-to-shore cranes across Harwich Haven, used as container terminal and crane delivery context for TC01361

Harwich Haven Authority; current Port of Felixstowe operating context, not evidence of TC01361 manufacture, delivery, erection or commissioning

The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company selected ZPMC for four ship-to-shore quay cranes at GBP 43,594,074 excluding VAT. Supplier identity, equipment count and the commercial baseline are now visible, but the latest official record still marks both award and contract pending. A future signature date and planned 2027 end date do not establish manufacture, shipment, erection, commissioning or final acceptance.

Delivery status remains unreported after supplier selection

Find a Tender names the buyer and supplier and reports the values, four-crane scope, assessment method and planned period. Its latest release still records both award and contract as pending. The Harwich Haven photograph shows the operating terminal rather than this procurement. The cited sources contain no evidence of signature, manufacture, shipment, arrival, erection, commissioning, acceptance or operation.

Supplier selection precedes contract execution

STS delivery depends on design approval, rail and wheel-load compatibility, factory fabrication, ocean transport, berth-side erection, power and controls integration, load testing and operating-terminal handover. The supplier award alone does not allocate quay, electrical or local installation scope to ZPMC and does not establish commissioned equipment.

Evidence conclusion

Contract execution and physical delivery remain separate evidence events

Official procurement data confirms the buyer, ZPMC selection, four-crane goods scope and GBP 43,594,074 excluding-VAT value. It also records GBP 52,312,888 including VAT and a planned period ending 1 October 2027. The same release labels the award and contract pending and gives 3 October 2025 as a future signature date; no later contract-details notice appears in the reviewed process. TC01361 therefore remains an award record. The selected price is distinct from the GBP 52 million tender estimate, and later dated evidence is still needed for signature, design approval, production, shipping, erection, integration, load testing, final acceptance and operation.

Outstanding evidence

  • Signed contract or later UK7 contract-details notice
  • Crane outreach, lift height, rated capacity, rail gauge and wheel-load design
  • Berth allocation and quay structural acceptance
  • Independent design check and factory approval
  • Fabrication, inspection and shipping vessel
  • Local erection, electrical and controls integration parties
  • Load testing, commissioning and final acceptance
  • Options, changes, payments and final account

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