The expansion of the Panama Canal was completed in June 2016 after nine years of construction. With the capacity to accommodate larger ships carrying more cargo, the new locks caused a shift in world trade routes, prompting ports and shipping infrastructure upgrades in U.S. cities from New York to New Orleans. To date, the largest project investments have been along the Gulf Coast. These changes in shipping commerce have necessitated larger Ship-to-Shore cranes at terminals to unload and load container cargo with increased efficiency.
In this article, engineers Jeremiah Fasl and Carl Larosche present the challenges and unique aspects associated with increasing the capacity of one of the container wharves at Barbours Cut Terminal to support new Ship-to-Shore container cranes with gage lengths of 100 ft. (30 m), which was an upgrade from the previous container cranes that featured 50-ft. (15 m) gage lengths.
Authorized reprint from ACI Special Publication 337.
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