Port of Savannah Adds Four Ship-to-Shore Cranes
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SAVANNAH — The is America’s third-busiest shipping facility because of efficiency.
Cargo moves from ship to shore to truck or train to regional distribution center within 24 hours. On Aug. 24, the .
A heavy lift cargo ship delivered four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes to the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. The BigLift Barentsz, which measures 519 feet, carried the cranes up the Savannah River. The unusual-looking vessel passed River Street and under the Talmadge Bridge around 5:45 p.m.
The cranes are the “workhorses of container port operations,” according to a GPA official. The four cranes will replace older equipment in Savannah’s 34-crane fleet, which allows dockworkers at the Garden City and Ocean terminals to service up to 10 ships at a time.
GPA purchased the cranes in January 2021 from , a Finnish company with manufacturing facilities in China. The crane upgrades are part of a $1.9 billion infrastructure improvement plan.
“No other terminal in the nation can bring more cranes to bear, or match the efficiency, productivity and global connectivity of the Port of Savannah,” said , Georgia Ports Authority president and CEO.
The Port of Savannah handles 11.2% of all container traffic in the U.S. Only the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey move more cargo.
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