gantry crane

English

Noun

gantry crane (plural gantry cranes)

1. A large crane mounted on a platform that usually runs back and forth on parallel tracks astride the work area.
   • 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 39-40:

     The train arrives from the south at approximately 0830, and the terminal's electric, rubber-tyred gantry crane swings into action, removing the empty containers and loading full ones in their place.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 門式起重機 / 门式起重机, 龍門吊 / 龙门吊 (lóngméndiào)

• Czech: portálový jeřáb
• Danish: portalkran
• Dutch: portaalkraan (nl)
• Estonian: pukk-kraana
• Finnish: pukkinosturi
• French: portique de manutention
• German: Portalkran m, Bockkran m
• Hungarian: portalna dizalica
• Japanese: ガントリークレーン
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: جرثقیل دروازه‌ای (fa)
• Polish: suwnica (pl)
• Russian: козловой кран (ru) (kozlovoj kran)
• Slovak: portálový žeriav
• Spanish: grúa pórtico
• Swedish: portalkran
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: козловий кран (kozlovyj kran)

See also

• gantry
• gantry scaffold