Konecranes has delivered two new all-electric Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbour Cranes to the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT).
The new cranes are the first of their type in North America and will assist the Port in improving public health and air quality, marking an important step towards providing cleaner air to the Portside Communities of Barrio Logan, Sherman Heights, Logan Heights, and West National City.
The cranes are expected to go into service later this year. The Port purchased the battery-powered electric cranes from Konecranes for roughly US$14 million and paid an extra US$8.9 million to upgrade the electrical infrastructure to support the cranes, which included US$2.7 million in grant funding from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District.
They will be used to replace the diesel-powered crane that is currently in operation at TAMT. The switch from a diesel-powered crane to an all-electric crane system is a significant step towards the Port’s Maritime Clean Air Strategy (MCAS) target of converting all cargo handling equipment to zero emissions by 2030.
In addition to the public health and environmental benefits, the new crane system will allow the Port to compete for more business. The cranes will represent the heaviest lift capability of any crane system currently in place on the West Coast, up to 400 metric tons (MT) versus the 100 MT lifting capacity of the Port’s diesel crane.
