Machinery Housings News

Super Post-Panamax Cranes Start Work at Port of Savannah

All four of the super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of Savannah in June are now fully operational at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal. The cranes arrived on a specialized vessel June 5. After the cranes were offloaded, crews began raising the booms, and the electrical and machinery housings roughly 100 feet to their proper position. Additional on-site work included elevator installation and final wiring connections. “Our new cranes, coupled with the pending harbor deepening and superior road and rail connections beyond our gates…