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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...
New Super Cranes for the Port of Miami
The Port of Miami is setting itself to procure four (4) new Super Post-panamax STS Gantry Cranes this fall from ZPMC to be delivered by early 2013. The cranes are to have the highest lift (43 m) under spreader from dock level as well as the farthest outreach (68 m) in...
