SeaPort Manatee and terminal operator LOGISTEC USA Inc., a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Corp., are further enhancing cargo-handling capabilities with the addition of two new Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 mobile harbor cranes at the thriving Florida Gulf Coast trade gateway.
The pair of eco-efficient cranes arrived at SeaPort Manatee on 22 April via trans-Atlantic vessel voyage from Germany, where they were manufactured. Each of the cranes is capable of lifting loads of as many as 125 metric tons, and the two units combine to offer a tandem lift capability of more than 200 metric tons – the most at any Florida seaport.
The newly acquired Gottwald Generation 6 cranes accompany two Gottwald Generation 5 units and a versatile Liebherr mobile harbor crane in the lift equipment fleet serving SeaPort Manatee, which earlier reported record cargo volumes in its first half of fiscal half, which ended on 31 March.
“As SeaPort Manatee continues to grow, with all-time-high levels of cargo activity, the arrival of these cranes, along with such infrastructure enhancements as expansion of dockside container yard facilities, heralds a new era for Manatee County’s hub of global commerce,” said Carlos Buqueras, SeaPort Manatee’s executive director.
“We join longtime terminal-operating partner LOGISTEC USA in looking forward to efficiently moving even more containerized goods and other cargos to meet consumer and industry needs throughout Central and Southwest Florida and beyond for decades to come,” he added.
Rodney Corrigan, president of LOGISTEC USA Inc., which operates 80 terminals in 54 ports across North America, commented, “These mobile cranes will allow us to significantly increase our cargo-handling efficiencies at SeaPort Manatee, in support of our customers, the local economy and the global supply chain.”
