A Warm Welcome to the Latest Innovation from the Stafford Crane Group

Stafford Port Cranes will build the first STS Crane in the USA since 1989

Building the Future Together

We are delighted and proud to announce the launch of our new website for the port industry, offering our all-new STS range of cranes, RTG and RMG cranes, hosting the latest designs and technology. And all manufactured in the USA! We are a family business, and we are now in the second generation. This gives us a great feeling to offer this new range of cranes made from American steel and containing American-made components, all to a very high standard of compliance to meet any/all safety requirements and remain in service for many years to come.

This website is still under development, as is our progress with the first STS crane due to be in the test phase late 2025. We will keep all visitors and potential port professionals updated on this website of our latest developments.

If you have any questions, please send your enquiries to contact@staffordportcranes.com and we will get back to you at the earliest possible convenience.

What you might expect to find very shortly on this website:

  • First look at the STS design, modular construction with internal man-lift to the cabin deck platform  

  • First view of the cabin deck

  • Latest updates on testing

  • STS launch date

  • RTG launch date - outlining our special features

  • Our mission statement and ongoing strategy

Stafford Port Cranes

Ship-to-Shore Cranes

Our brand new model integrates the latest in automation and safety systems, ensuring efficient and reliable cargo handling.

Rubber Tyre Gantry Cranes

The RTG has a rigid and stable steel structure allowing precise handling with smooth movements even at high speeds.

Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes

The RMG has a rigid lattice square modular jib section specifically designed for port and rail terminals.

  • The Stafford Ship-to-Shore, Rubber Tyre Gantry, and Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes are cutting-edge models, designed to revolutionize port operations with advanced features and technology.

    These newly designed models integrate the latest in automation and safety systems, ensuring efficient and reliable cargo handling. Its robust design allows for greater reach and lifting capacity, accommodating the increasing size of modern cargo vessels.

    Enhanced energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact are key highlights, making it an environmentally friendly choice for ports looking to upgrade their equipment.

    • Newly designed modular component system enabling the cranes to be transported via land, rail or sea, depending on where the customer is located

    • Option to increase height with a modern lifting system depending on if the ocean ships are Super Panamax or MegaMax

    • Stafford lattice / strut-designed port cranes will have full and easy access to all welded locations for daily and monthly inspections and NDT inspections

      • Our lattice / strut cranes will have 55% less surface area, enabling greater out-of-service wind loads of 150mph climate norms

    • Allow for different dimension increments in height, container boom reach, rail span across tracks and lifting capacity

      • Flexible design will allow for great order adjustability to the end user/customer and therefore will allow for shorter lead times when ordering new cranes

    • Modular design will allow for STS cranes to be resold and relocated with less cost and greater efficiency

    • Due to our smaller modular components, our factories will be smaller in size but in multiple locations in the USA and Portugal.

    • Our port cranes will have many of the same components so they will be interchangeable on our STS cranes

    • Only 100% USA-owned port crane manufacturing company located in the USA

    • Source of steel and components in the United States

      • Customers will have an immediate supply of spare parts, even if they choose not to use us but instead go directly to our parts manufacturing vendors

    • Our family-owned crane manufacturing facility has a fleet of 100+ cranes leased worldwide. We focus heavily on our customer relations and all communications are on a personal level

  • Ship-to-Shore

    • Container Handling - from 20' to 45'

    • Capacity - under spreader

      • up to 71 t (from 78 US tons) - twin lift mode

      • up to 150 t (165 US tons) - tandem lift mode

    • Lifting Height up to 57 m (187 ft)

    • Rail Span up to 50 m (164 ft)

    • Outreach up to 75m (246 ft)

    Rubber Tyre Gantry

    • Container Handling - from 20' to 45' in single and twin lift mode

    • Capacity - under spreader

      • from 45 t (50 US tons) single-lift mode

      • from 60 t (66 US tons) twin-lift mode

    • Lifting Height up to 21 m (69 ft) 6+1 high-cube container

    • Gantry Span

      • 23.5 m (77 ft) - 6 wide containers + truck lane

      • 26.5m (87ft) - 7 wide containers + truck lane

      • 29.5m (97ft) - 8 wide containers + truck lane

    Rail Mounted Gantry

    • Container Handling - from 20' to 45' in single and twin lift mode - 53’ available

    • Capacity - under spreader

      • from 40 t ( 44 US tons ) to 60 t ( 66 US tons) single and twin-lift mode

    • Lifting Height up to 21 m (69 ft) 6+1 high-cube container

    • Gantry Span

      • up to 50.0 m ( 164 ft )

    • Cantilever

      • up to 18.0 m ( 59 ft )

Who We Are

Stafford Crane Group is a worldwide provider of lifting services and equipment headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Our crane manufacturing experience dates back to 1977 in the USA and Portugal, and with depots in Phoenix, Denver, San Diego, Austin, Corpus Christi, Oklahoma City and Tijuana, SCG provides a complete range of services — including sales, rentals, erection/assembly and dismantle, inspection, repair and consulting — on a full range of lifting equipment, including Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes, Rubber-Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes, tower cranes, mobile cranes, self-erecting cranes and construction hoists. SCG is a family-owned group of companies known throughout the world for our lifting expertise and exceptional customer service.

Achieve Your Goals

Please contact us to see how Stafford Crane Group can help you achieve your goals on your next project.