A $27m supersized cargo crane was damaged ahead of its official commissioning ceremony at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, according to the city’s Post and Courier newspaper.
The crane is one of two post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes built in China, that the State Ports Authority (SPA) is installing at the Wando Welch Terminal in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Chinese crane manufacturer ZPMC said a boom on the crane was damaged when it was raised beyond its stopping point. ZPMC is working on how to repair the damage.
The cranes are 155 feet tall with an outreach of 200 feet, allowing them to move cargo on the largest container ships that pass through the expanded Panama Canal, ships capable of carrying 14,000 containers.
