DP WORLD, the global port operator that operates the existing cranes on the port's property, will add two more to the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, reports CTV News.
The cranes will travel north from the Port of Virginia this fall, with the goal of having them in operation by early 2025.
This will give Port Saint John a total of six container cranes, the most that have ever been located along the Saint John Harbour at one time.
'We're tremendously excited,' says Port Saint John president and CEO Craig Bell Estabrooks. 'To go from two cranes in 2017 that DP World brought in the first month. They began operating to four cranes early last year to now six. That's a big deal for our port.'
The new cranes will be larger than the ones currently on the port's property. They will boast an outreach of 65 metres, be able to reach up to 24 containers wide (the existing cranes can reach up to 21 containers wide), and can service ships with a capacity above 10,000 TEU.
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The cranes will travel north from the Port of Virginia this fall, with the goal of having them in operation by early 2025.
This will give Port Saint John a total of six container cranes, the most that have ever been located along the Saint John Harbour at one time.
'We're tremendously excited,' says Port Saint John president and CEO Craig Bell Estabrooks. 'To go from two cranes in 2017 that DP World brought in the first month. They began operating to four cranes early last year to now six. That's a big deal for our port.'
The new cranes will be larger than the ones currently on the port's property. They will boast an outreach of 65 metres, be able to reach up to 24 containers wide (the existing cranes can reach up to 21 containers wide), and can service ships with a capacity above 10,000 TEU.
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