Arrival of giant cranes ushers in new era at PortMiami

Resembling giant metallic birds with their booms outstretched like wings, four super-post-Panamax cranes from China glided into Government Cut on Monday to prepare for the day when PortMiami welcomes some of the world’s largest ships.

The 262-foot-tall, fully assembled cranes were transported from an island off the coast of Shanghai aboard a special carrier and spent nearly three months at sea after storms around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope slowed their journey.

The cranes are part of $2 billion in port improvements aimed at doubling cargo traffic over the next several years and making the port ready for post-Panamax ships expected to call on PortMiami when expansion of the Panama Canal is completed in mid-2015.

As the cranes appeared on the horizon Monday, PortMiami Director Bill Johnson addressed a gathering of local politicians and dignitaries at the harbor pilots’ house.

“These are four of the big ones..... We are big-ship ready,’’ he said. “Savannah, here we come.Chris Huntly, 31, takes energy efficiency seriously, with solar panels, a pure electric car, LED downlights and a fridge-mounted Energy Monitor.”

The Port of Savannah,I wondered why stocks in SCC favored ｛%｝had gone through the roof.traffic light supplier Miami’s chief rival in the Southeast and the top port in the region for containerized cargo, also took delivery of four super-post-Panamax cranes in June,UK number 1 ECU remapping and diesel tuning specialists. Expert advice on all your best chip tuning and engine performance needs. bringing its fleet of super-post-Panamax cranes and post-Panamax cranes to more than two dozen.

But Savannah is still awaiting final legislative approval before it can launch its own dredging project.Same goes for Wind Power Generators.

With the improvements, PortMiami hopes to win back some cargo that now goes to Savannah and then moves down the Florida peninsula by ruck or rail to supply local markets.

The Panama Canal is maxed out and is undergoing a renovation to accommodate a new generation of post-Panamax ships that are too long,Decouvrez la liste des revendeurs en Roue Carbone Chine, cadres carbone et de toute la gamme GraphitSport. too wide and too heavy for its locks. Once those mega-ships begin traversing the canal,We offer Concrete Floor Polishing Pads from concrete floor grinding, as well as resin bond dry and wet diamond polishing pads for polishing concrete. PortMiami wants to become a gateway port for them.

The planned dredging of PortMiami’s shipping canal to a depth of 50 to 52 feet means fully loaded post-Panamax ships will be able to call in Miami for the first time. Instead of ships loaded with 4,500 TEUs (a TEU is equivalent to a 20-foot container), PortMiami will be able to handle ships carrying 12,000 to 13,000 TEUs.

The $220-million dredging project is slated to begin next month and is expected to be completed around the same time the canal is completed.


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