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Facility Enhancement: Houston

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Houston: Four New Super Post-Panamax Cranes for Barbours Cut Container Terminal 

Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes for the Port of Houston Authority's Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived in the Houston Ship Channel May 5 after a 73-day journey that began in Mokpo, South Korea.
 
The electric ship-to-shore cranes can lift and lower a loaded container at twice the speed of the cranes currently in use at the Barbours Cut terminal. Each crane weighs 1,505 tons (compared to 635 tons for the port’s existing cranes), stands 88 meters/289 feet high, has a lift height of 62 meters/204 feet and can span 22 container rows.

The nearly $50 million contract for the cranes was approved by the Port Commission in 2013.

Their arrival was timely, coming as the port authority was reporting double-digit container traffic growth for March and first quarter 2015. 

"As part of a significant upgrade of our Barbours Cut Container Terminal, these new Super Post-Panamax cranes will accommodate the significantly larger vessels that will be calling on our container terminals after the expansion of the Panama Canal," said Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria. "International trade, primarily containerized cargo, continues to expand rapidly at our facilities. More trade means more jobs and economic activity for our region and state in support of our mission."


Four new Super Post-Panama cranes for Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal.
Photo/Port of Houston Authority
 

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