Port of San Diego personnel are touting the recent delivery of a pair of new all-electric Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes to the Port’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT).
“These all-electric mobile harbor cranes are a game changer for public health, the environment, and our regional economy,”
Port of San Diego Board of Port Commissioners Chairman Rafael Castellanos said. “It’s a win, win, win. By replacing our diesel-operated cargo handling equipment with electric equipment, like these cranes, we continue to ensure the air on and around the terminal is cleaner to breathe, we reduce our environmental impacts, and we fulfill our responsibility to support commerce and jobs in our region.”
The cranes are the first of their kind in North America and will aid Port efforts to improve public health and air quality, bringing cleaner air to the Portside Communities of Barrio Logan, Sherman Heights, Logan Heights and West National City.
The Port ordered the battery supported electric cranes from Konecranes for approximately $14 million. The entity spent an additional $8.9 million to make the needed electrical infrastructure improvements to support the cranes.
Once operational later this year, the cranes will offer the heaviest lift capability of any crane system currently in place on the West Coast, according to Port officials. The cranes will offer lift capacity up to 400 metric tons (MT) versus the 100 MT lifting capacity of the Port’s diesel crane.