---
title: "Shipping and Erecting a 40 t Gantry Crane in Egypt — Ervan Cranes"
description: "How a 40 t gantry crane export to Egypt was split for shipping, container-planned and sequenced for site erection — notes from the field."
url: https://ervancranes.com/en/blog/egypt-40-t-gantry-crane-shipping-and-erection/
language: en
---

A 40 t gantry crane does not ship in one piece. The critical stage of the project is splitting girders and legs to container dimensions and designing the flanged joints that will be reassembled on site.

## Shipping plan

Main girder, legs and travel groups are packed separately; every part is numbered and matched to the erection drawing. The hoist and electrical panel travel in a separate humidity-protected crate.

## Erection sequence on site

Start with rail alignment and span measurement; stand the legs, lift the girder into place with a mobile crane, torque the flange bolts. After electrical connection and control tests, a staged load test is run and the handover report signed. How static and dynamic load tests are run, and which documents you should receive at handover, is explained in our guide to [overhead crane installation and commissioning](https://ervancranes.com/en/blog/overhead-crane-installation-and-commissioning/).

Because the team that designed the crane erects it, every question on site goes to the person who drew it. On export projects that saves weeks. What to settle on standards, shipping, erection and spare parts before ordering from an [overhead crane manufacturer in Turkey](https://ervancranes.com/en/blog/buying-an-overhead-crane-from-turkey/) is covered in our export guide.

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