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STS cranes removed from Tacoma waterfront

The Tacoma waterfront said goodbye to two familiar giants. The ship-to-shore cranes IHI 2078 (built in 1979) and Sumitomo 2403 (built in 1986) that have stood at Terminal 7 for decades were carefully loaded onto a heavy-lift barge and towed out of Commencement Bay, headed for the Port of Bellingham where they will be recycled. The removal marked the final step of the multi-year project to retire the equipment that had reached the end of its safe and useful life. In recent years, the cranes had become unreliable with maintenance costs far exceeding their remaining value to port operations. By removing the cranes via barge instead of dismantling on site, The Northwest Seaport Alliance minimized disruption to ongoing cargo activities at the busy terminal. Learn more: https://www.nwseaportalliance.com/new...