Konecranes Gets $4.9 Million in Portal Cranes Dispute With Navy

Konecranes Nuclear Equipment Services LLC is entitled to $4.9 million from the US Navy for delays under a $62.2 million contract to deliver portal cranes at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

The Navy’s refusal to accept delivery, after Konecranes corrected defects to a luffing drum revealed in an initial test of one of the cranes, resulted in compensable delays, Administrative Judge Daniel S. Herzfeld of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals said.

The contractor demonstrated that it should receive compensation for transportation delay, yard costs, crane maintenance, and long term storage preparation costs incurred between July 2020 and September ...