262023-08
Port of Savannah enhances its box handling capabilities with four new electric cranes
The Port of Savannah acquired four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes on 24 August increasing the crane fleet at Garden City Terminal to 34 machines following the retirement and recycling of four older cranes. The all-electric cranes were designed by Konecranes of Finland and came on the vessel BigLift Barentsz. When fully assembled,two of the cranes will stand 90 meters tall and the other two will be 93.2 feet tall.The cranes'reach will be 22 and 24 containers wide,respectively. The taller cranes will be delivered at Garden City Terminal's Berth 1,while the others will be placed at the terminal's upriver end,at Berth 9.&nbs...