SSA Terminals, which operates
the Port of Seattle’s 196-acre Terminal 18, has received a shipment of three 267-foot
Super Post-Panamax cranes from China, doubling the number at the terminal.
“We made this investment
to continue Terminal 18 as the best destination in the Pacific Northwest for the
world’s most modern and efficient ships,” SSA Marine CEO Jon Hemingway said. “No
other terminal in the region comes close to Terminal 18’s size, draft and cranes,
or T18’s ample on dock and nearby rail connectivity.”
The cranes, each of which
a lifting height of 146 feet and an outreach of 210 feet, were made by Chinese equipment
manufacturer ZPMG and delivered to the port July 24 on the ship Zhenhua 23.
As some of the largest container
handling cranes in the world, they can extend out to handle the new Triple E Class
vessels, which can carry up to 18,000 TEUs with a width of 210 feet, or 24 containers.
The cranes can lift containers weighing up to 65 tons, according to the manufacturer.
“SSA is making Terminal
18 big-ship ready for the next generation of ocean-going vessels,” Port Commission
President Gael Tarleton said in a statement announcing the arrivals.
Together with the three
Super Post-Panamax cranes that arrived in December 2011, the cranes represent a
$54 million investment by SSA, according to the company.
