{"id":12168,"date":"2023-09-07T01:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=12168"},"modified":"2023-08-31T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:28:31","slug":"savannah-ship-to-shore-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/savannah-ship-to-shore-cranes\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Ship-to-Shore Cranes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Savannah received four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes last month (August), upgrading the crane fleet to 34 machines at Garden City Terminal, after four older cranes were retired and recycled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlong with the completion of our project to improve Berth 1, these cranes will help deliver faster turn times to our ocean carrier customers, including the largest vessels calling on the U.S. East Coast,\u201d said Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority president and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other terminal in the nation can bring more cranes to bear, or match the efficiency, productivity and global connectivity of the Port of Savannah.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed by Konecranes of Finland, the all-electric cranes arrived on the vessel BigLift Barentsz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two of the cranes will be 295 feet tall and two will be 306 feet tall at the highest point when fully assembled. The reach of the cranes will be 22 and 24 containers wide, respectively. The taller cranes will be offloaded at Berth 1 at Garden City Terminal, the others will be installed on the upriver end of the terminal, at Berth 9.<\/p>\n<p>Ship-to-shore cranes are the workhorses of container port operations, unloading and loading cargo from the container ships that call on the port.<\/p>\n<p>GPA received a previous batch of four cranes in February to work the recently renovated Berth 1, which is now capable of serving vessels with a capacity of 16,000+ twenty-foot equivalent container units. The cranes and improved dock increase Garden City Terminal berth productivity by 25 percent or 1.5 million TEUs of annual capacity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12169\" style=\"width: 1466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12169\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-400x238.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-387x230.png 387w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-440x262.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-647x385.png 647w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-546x325.png 546w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-at-12.22.45-639x380.png 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Port of Savannah received four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes last month.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new equipment is part of GPA\u2019s $1.9 billion infrastructure improvement plan to keep pace with future supply chain needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ratio of GPA\u2019s economic impact equates to roughly one job per nine TEUs moved,\u201d said Stacy Watson, director of economic and industrial development at GPA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy expanding our annual capacity by 3 million TEUs over the next three years, GPA is also increasing its job-supporting capability by more than 300,000 jobs for Georgians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s deepwater ports and inland barge terminals support more than 561,000 jobs throughout the state annually, and contribute $33 billion in income, $140 billion in revenue and $3.8 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CNBC ranked Georgia #1 in the U.S. for infrastructure in America\u2019s Top States for Business in 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Port of Savannah received four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes last month (August), upgrading the crane fleet to 34 machines at Garden City Terminal, after four older cranes were retired and recycled. \u201cAlong with the completion of our project to improve Berth 1, these cranes will help deliver faster turn times to our ocean carrier&#8230; 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