Three huge cranes delivered at Port of Seattle
Jul 25, 2012, 1:13 PM | Updated: 2:30 pm
The 267-foot tall cranes were made in China by the ZPMC equipment company and delivered Wednesday by the heavy lift ship Zhenhua 23. (Image courtesy Port of Seattle)
(Image courtesy Port of Seattle)
Three huge cranes have been delivered to a Port of Seattle terminal.
The 267-foot tall cranes were made in China by the ZPMC equipment company and delivered Wednesday by the heavy lift ship Zhenhua 23.
The cranes will be installed at Terminal 18, which is run by the SSA Marine subsidiary SSA Terminals.
The company says the new cranes and three similar ones delivered in December represent a $54 million investment, including the creation of “100,000 family-wage jobs over the next 25 years.”
Each crane has a lifting height of 146 feet and an outreach of 210 feet, allowing for 9-high containers above deck and a reach of 24 containers wide. The cranes can lift containers weighing up to 65 tons.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
