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Frontline focus
01 Mar 2007
The Port of Felixstowe employs 230 engineers and the majority of its frontline maintenance – including quay cranes and yard cranes – is carried out in-house, supported by specialist contractors, says Hutchison Ports (UK) spokesman Paul Davey. “We do use some third party contractors and suppliers to maintain other hired or leased equipment such as forklifts,so it is a bit of a mix.
But the quay cranes and frontline equipment is all maintained in-house. “We are talking about critical frontline equipment – when it goes down, we need to get it up again as quickly as we can.We prefer to retain control over what is a critical element in the success of the business.”
