Project record

Port of Felixstowe four ship-to-shore quay cranes

Port of Felixstowe ship-to-shore cranes at a container terminal across Harwich Haven, providing operating context for the four-crane award

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 Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for four ship-to-shore quay cranes under TC01361. Find a Tender notice 060700-2025 records GBP 43,594,074 excluding VAT and GBP 52,312,888 including VAT, against a GBP 52 million excluding-VAT tender estimate. The cranes are intended to handle ISO containers and other defined loads under strict wheel-load, outreach, lift-height and capacity constraints. The latest published record still marks both the award and contract pending and gives 3 October 2025 only as a future signature date, so contract execution, manufacture, shipment, erection, commissioning and final acceptance remain unverified.

Project signal

Award in United Kingdom

Current status The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company selected ZPMC at GBP 43.594 million excluding VAT for four ship-to-shore cranes; the published award and contract records remain pending, with no later signature, delivery or commissioning notice located Source confidence Confirmed

Location

United Kingdom / Europe

Segment

Container-terminal handling equipment

Status

The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company selected ZPMC at GBP 43.594 million excluding VAT for four ship-to-shore cranes; the published award and contract records remain pending, with no later signature, delivery or commissioning notice located / Confirmed

Last checked

16 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Container-terminal handling equipment is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company - private utility buyer and Port of Felixstowe operator
Delivery parties
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) - selected supplier for four ship-to-shore quay cranes, Independent design checker, shipping carrier, erection contractor, electrical and controls integrator, commissioning team and local support lower tiers - no organization disclosed
Contract route
TC01361 used an open procedure. Stage 1 was a pass/fail technical assessment requiring evidence of recent operating-terminal crane supply, a compliant detailed design and calculations for normal and storm wheel loads. Stage 2 weighted cost at 60%, delivery at 20%, sustainability at 10%, and specification or contract deviations at 10%. Find a Tender published the ZPMC award on 29 September 2025, but the record marks the award and contract pending and schedules a future signature date of 3 October 2025.
Execution window
The award notice gives a planned period from 3 October 2025 to 1 October 2027. Earlier tender notices carried shorter planned periods and extension allowances for production or shipping delay. The latest award period is a planning baseline, not evidence of signature, factory release, shipment, arrival, erection, commissioning, final acceptance or operation.
Works package
Design, manufacture and delivery to the Port of Felixstowe of four ship-to-shore quay cranes for ISO containers and other defined loads. The published competition stresses strict wheel-load limits, required outreach, lift height and capacity, independent third-party analysis readiness, maintenance planning for up to four million cycles, spare-parts support, performance monitoring and lifecycle sustainability. Detailed dimensions, rated capacities, berth allocation and included installation scope are not public in the cited notices.
Marine interfaces
The crane design must reconcile outreach, lift height, rail gauge, storm restraint, normal and storm wheel loads, berth geometry, vessel envelope, quay structural capacity, electrical supply, controls, communications, access and operating-terminal phasing. Shipping, berth-side assembly, rail and buffer interfaces, load testing and handover are material but unallocated in the public award record.
Commercial evidence boundary
The selected price is GBP 43,594,074 excluding VAT and GBP 52,312,888 including VAT, about GBP 8.406 million below the GBP 52 million excluding-VAT tender estimate. That difference is procurement context, not a saving until the contract is signed and scope equivalence is established. The total is not a per-crane installed rate, paid amount or final account; options, deviations, civil interfaces, local erection, spares, maintenance, variations and payment status remain undisclosed.

Contract and delivery chain

Named roles and open packages

Named appointments are shown against the workstream they cover. Unallocated packages remain open until a project source identifies the responsible party.

Supplier selection

Four ship-to-shore quay cranes

Named party
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Status
Confirmed
Source position
Find a Tender notice 060700-2025 names ZPMC as supplier for TC01361. Source
Commercial baseline

Four-crane goods award

Named party
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company and ZPMC
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The award notice records GBP 43,594,074 excluding VAT and GBP 52,312,888 including VAT against a GBP 52 million excluding-VAT tender estimate. Source
Technical competition

Compliant STS design and lifecycle support

Named party
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company and tenderers
Status
Confirmed
Source position
The tender requires compliant outreach, lift height, capacity and wheel loads, design calculations ready for independent analysis, maintenance planning up to four million cycles and spare-parts support. Source
Contract execution

TC01361 signature and notice to proceed

Named party
The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company and ZPMC
Status
Not evidenced
Source position
The latest official record marks the award and contract pending and identifies 3 October 2025 only as a future signature date.
Physical delivery and closeout

Manufacture, shipment, erection, commissioning and acceptance

Named party
ZPMC and undisclosed delivery-chain parties
Status
Not evidenced
Source position
No cited public record confirms factory release, shipment, arrival, erection, load testing, final acceptance, operation or final account.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

Open this project in the Change Log

ZPMC selected for the four-crane package

Find a Tender fixed the preferred supplier and GBP 43.594 million excluding-VAT value while leaving award and contract status pending.

Source

Tender documents and submission rules updated

The buyer updated the technical specification and form of tender, extended submission to 5 September and confirmed electronic submissions.

Source

Open four-crane competition launched

The initial tender established four cranes, a GBP 52 million excluding-VAT estimate, strict wheel-load constraints and a two-stage technical and commercial assessment.

Source

Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Signed contract or later UK7 contract-details notice
  • Detailed outreach, lift height, rated load, rail gauge and wheel-load limits
  • Berth allocation and quay structural verification
  • Independent design review and factory design approval
  • Factory production, inspection and shipping milestones
  • Named heavy-lift vessel, transport and berth-side erection parties
  • Electrical, controls, communications and terminal-system integration
  • Load testing, commissioning, final acceptance and operational handover
  • Options, deviations, variations, paid value and final account

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Reporting status

Award, confirmed confidence

Last checked 16 August 2026 across 5 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 16 August 2026 Cited sources 5

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