Terminal Infrastructure: Cleveland, Everett
The Great Lakes Towing Company completed an Intermodal "Short Sea" barge move utilizing the
Port of Cleveland’s Rail Loop and the Port’s switching line, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad. The
Port of Everett is adding additional lift capacity to its operations in March 2015, with the purchase of a new, 150-ton GHMK 7608 mobile harbor crane.
Great Lakes Towing Company Complete Intermodal "Short Sea" Barge Operation at the Port of Cleveland Using On-Dock Rail Loop
The Great Lakes Towing Company completed an Intermodal "Short Sea" barge move utilizing the Port of Cleveland’s Rail Loop and the Port’s switching line, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad.
Norfolk & Southern interchanged the rail car carrying the 114 metric ton transformer to Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad to bring the railcar via the loop to the dock-face under the Port’s heavy lift crane. The cargo was transferred to a barge and was towed by the Tug OHIO to Marysville, MI, for delivery to DTE Energy Electric Company (formerly The Detroit Edison Company). The tug-barge transit time from Cleveland, OH, to Marysville, MI, took 20 hours and the discharge of the heavy-lift cargo took 1 hour and 21 minutes.
The Rail Loop and the Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad connects the Port of Cleveland to the two Ohio Class I rail carriers, Norfolk & Southern and CSX. The Port and the Towing Company provide an integrated solution for their customers, making shipping more cost and time effective, and providing international and domestic shippers a better intermodal route to the Midwest.
The Port’s Rail Loop project was inaugurated on September 27, 2012. The project was coordinated by the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) with funding of $3 million from the State’s Logistics and Distribution Fund and a $1.5 million Port contribution. At the time, it was hoped that this rail element would provide the Port of Cleveland a larger customer base that could take advantage of rail and water logistics and extend the reach of the Port of Cleveland to the Midwest. This rail and water logistics movement is an example of the port’s ability to provide seamless logistics transfers in Cleveland, making shipping more cost effective.
Port President Will Friedman, former Port Chair Bob Smith, Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad Company Co-Owner Bill Brown, and Ronald Rasmus, Chairman of the Towing Company, and a Commissioner of the Ohio Rail Development Commission unveiled the new-on-dock rail loop on September 27, 2012 when they cut through the ribbon.
Photo/The Great Lakes Group
Port of Everett Seaport Adds Lift Capacity
The Port of Everett is adding additional lift capacity to its operations in March 2015,
with the purchase of a new, 150-ton GHMK 7608 mobile harbor crane.
The nearly $5.1 million investment, which was authorized by
the Port Commission, will allow the Port of Everett to better accommodate its
niche market of overdimensional cargoes, and provide opportunity to compete for
new heavy-lift business.
"We are investing in our infrastructure and cargo handling
equipment to continue with our reputation of safe and excellent service, quick
and efficient turnaround times and huge lift capacity," said Carl Wollebek, the
Port of Everett’s Chief Operating Officer. "With the addition of the GHMK 7608
and the authorized investments to upgrade our current mobile harbor crane, we
will continue to be the preferred port of call for the construction and energy
industries."
Working in tandem, the port’s two mobile harbor cranes will
have a 250MT capacity, making the Port of Everett the best choice for large
cargo shipments on the Pacific West Coast. The Port Commission also authorized
the purchase of three new, 45-ton Hyster Reachstackers. These reachstackers
have the most environmentally-friendly Tier 4 engine on the market, which
dovetails nicely with the Port’s green initiatives. Current cargo handling
equipment, in addition to the mobile harbor crane, includes two, 40-ton gantry
cranes, a 50-ton rail mounted gantry crane, a rail car pusher, three
reachstackers and numerous forklifts and other yard equipment.
"Terex Port Solutions is very pleased to continue our
partnership with the Port of Everett evidenced by this most recent purchase of
the Terex Gottwald GHMK7608 mobile harbor crane," said Alan C. Garcia, Terex
Regional Sales Manager, Southeast United States/Caribbean. "This will most
certainly complement their current Terex Gottwald HMK280 and will give them the
capability of providing tandem heavy lift services to their customers and help
secure the Port of Everett's position as the premier break bulk-handling facility
in the Pacific Northwest."