South Carolina Ports invited 15 crossbreed rubber-tired gantry cranes to the Hugh K.Leatherman Terminal The arrival of this brand-new cargo-handling devices is considerable as SC Ports prepares to invite the very first freight ship to the Leatherman Terminal in March.

“It is always an exciting day when new cranes come through Charleston Harbor,” SC Ports Chief Executive Officer Jim Newsome claimed. “The Leatherman Terminal’s impressive new equipment will provide reliable service to our customers and environmental benefits to the region.”

The 15 crossbreed rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes showed up in North Charleston, S.C., on the Zhen Hua 15. This is a record-setting delivery for Shanghai- based supplier ZPMC– it notes one of the most rubber-tired gantry cranes filled by ZPMC onto one vessel bound for the United States.

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The 15 cranes will certainly sign up with 4 RTGs that showed up last month, as well as an added 6 RTGs will certainly show up very early following year– making an overall of 25 crossbreed RTGs that will certainly service the Leatherman Terminal container backyard.

SC Ports will certainly additionally obtain 8 vacant container trainers this month; they are generated by Finland- based Kalmar for usage in the Leatherman Terminal container backyard.

SC Ports just recently invited 5 ship-to-shore cranes from ZPMC to the Leatherman Terminal’s brand-new 1,400-foot berth. The brand-new ship-to-shore cranes have 169 feet of lift elevation over the wharf deck as well as an outreach of 228 feet, allowing them to function the most significant container ships calling the East Coast.

“With each equipment arrival, we take a step closer to realizing the Leatherman Terminal,” SC Ports COO Barbara Melvin claimed. “Our SC Ports Engineering Department and numerous project partners perform an unbelievable amount of work and coordination on the site every day to make our March opening possible.”

The RTG cranes were made by ZPMC and after that delivered throughout the Pacific Ocean as well as via the Panama Canal prior to making their last leg of the trip toCharleston Once the cranes are unloaded onto the Leatherman Terminal, the ZPMC UNITED STATES group will certainly appoint the cranes over the following couple of months prior to they are taken into solution.

Crane drivers will certainly after that run the RTG cranes within the 47-acre container backyard, successfully relocating as well as piling freight boxes on the Leatherman Terminal.

Reference: scspa.com