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The four (4) New Gantry Cranes depart Shanghai to Miami
Upon completion of loading the cranes and final painting repairs, on July 10, 2013 14:20 the four (4) new Super Post-panamax gantry cranes departed Changxing Island ZPMC Fabrication base on the Zhen Hua 13 in route to Miami by way of South Africa. The vessel was...
Miami’s First Gantry Cranes Depart for Colombia
In the early 1980's the Port of Miami planned and invested in obtaining gantry cranes to unload and load ships carrying containers. These were PortMiami Gantry Cranes 1 , 2 and 3. However, as the containerize shipping industry developed and grew these cranes which...
The Fabrication of New Cranes 13-16 has Commenced
Sheet metal preparation which includes sandblasting and shop primer commenced several weeks ago along with material testing to insure traceability and material quality compliance with the applicable standards of the contracts technical specifications. In addition,...
Design of Cranes 13-16 Commences
Upon the County issuing the NTP to ZPMC in February 2012, the preliminary design of the cranes commenced. During the week of April 9-13 the first design review meeting was help in ZPMC's Shanghai office. In attendance were the County, Crane Management, Shaw (GBB),...
Electrification of Cranes 7-10 (Updates)
May 1, 2012 Update: The commissioning of of the PFCs of Cranes 4-6 commenced on ???, ???, 2012. Crane 4 commissioning was completed on ???, ???, 2012. All 3 cranes should be completed by ???, ???, 2012. Thereafter, we will commence removal of the diesel engines power...
