The cranes, along with other equipment upgrades and process improvements, will improve safety for the workforce, increase terminal capability, and reduce equipment emissions by 55% – all within the same footprint. The cranes have also been painted cloud-white colour to mitigate daytime skyline visibility. The cranes will reduce glare and light pollution along with features intended to reduce operational noise. Electrically powered, they feature regenerative drives that can provide power back into the grid and high-efficiency LED lighting. GCT Vanterm’s two newly arrived ship-to-shore cranes will be among the most advanced in North America. We are proud of our success in decoupling business growth from emissions growth, and this investment is the latest upgrade that increases safety and minimizes operational impacts on the surrounding community. GCT has been an integral part of the Port of Vancouver’s growth for over a century and actively pursues sustainable approaches to our operations. The arrival of the two cranes demonstrates GCT’s ongoing commitment to enabling smart capacity in the Vancouver gateway and Western Trade Corridor through British Columbia. This advancement is part of GCT’s previously announced $160-million-dollar private sector investment to modernize and densify operations at GCT Vanterm.

After travelling roughly 9,200 km or 5,000 nautical miles from Shanghai, the two cranes passed safely under the Lions Gate Bridge earlier this week and arrived at GCT Vanterm. accepted the delivery of two modern 14,000 TEU capable ship-to-shore cranes at GCT Vanterm in Burrard Inlet in the Vancouver Harbour. Vancouver, BC – On November 27, 2020, GCT Global Container Terminals Inc.

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