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Port Tampa Bay Commissions New Post-Panamax Container Cranes
Florida Governor Rick Scott speaking at the Port Tampa Bay crane dedication ceremony July 22
Photo/Port Tampa Bay
Port Tampa Bay officially commissioned its two new, post-Panamax gantry cranes on July 22 in a ceremony attended by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, various other officials and port customers.
Representing a cost-shared capital investment of $24 million by Port Tampa Bay, the State of Florida and Ports America, the new cranes are part of the port’s ongoing efforts to expand and diversify its cargo business, particularly containerized cargo in the Tampa Bay/Orlando I-4 Corridor region.
Manufactured in China, the new cranes measure 300 feet/91.4 meters in height (130 feet /39.6 meters under the spreader), have an outreach of 174 feet/53 meters, and can service vessels of up to 9,000 TEUs capacity. That is more than twice the size of the largest vessels that be accommodated by the port’s three older ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
"It’s great to unveil these beautiful new cranes to our customers and the community, following a seamless and exciting period of getting them ready for container operations," said Port President Paul Anderson. "Today marks an important milestone for Port Tampa Bay, enhancing our ability to better serve our large and growing market, and assisting our efforts to attract new services, which will provide exporters and importers in our region with more options and improved connections to their overseas customers and suppliers."
Watch a video of the cranes' arrival in Tampa.
Representing a cost-shared capital investment of $24 million by Port Tampa Bay, the State of Florida and Ports America, the new cranes are part of the port’s ongoing efforts to expand and diversify its cargo business, particularly containerized cargo in the Tampa Bay/Orlando I-4 Corridor region.
Manufactured in China, the new cranes measure 300 feet/91.4 meters in height (130 feet /39.6 meters under the spreader), have an outreach of 174 feet/53 meters, and can service vessels of up to 9,000 TEUs capacity. That is more than twice the size of the largest vessels that be accommodated by the port’s three older ship-to-shore gantry cranes.
"It’s great to unveil these beautiful new cranes to our customers and the community, following a seamless and exciting period of getting them ready for container operations," said Port President Paul Anderson. "Today marks an important milestone for Port Tampa Bay, enhancing our ability to better serve our large and growing market, and assisting our efforts to attract new services, which will provide exporters and importers in our region with more options and improved connections to their overseas customers and suppliers."
Watch a video of the cranes' arrival in Tampa.
Elected officials and invited dignitaries join Port President and CEO Paul Anderson and Ports America President Tom Perdue in pressing the "button" to activate the new container cranes.
Photo/Port Tampa Bay
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