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Port: Largest shipping cranes
to operate in US have arrived LIFTING ARMS
By BEN FINLEY, Associated Press
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — What are said to be the largest
cranes to operate at a U.S. commercial port arrived Mon-
day in Virginia, marking the latest effort to accommodate
the increasingly mammoth container ships that underpin
international trade.
Standing 170 feet (52 meters) tall, the Chinese-made
gantry cranes towered over the ship that carried them
through the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Officials from
the Virginia Port Authority said they will be the nation’s
largest.
“Having these cranes sail into our harbor says, very clear-
ly, to the ocean carriers and the industry that we are pre-
pared for the next evolution and the one to come after
that,” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director
of the Virginia Port Authority. Spectators crowd a pier as they watch a Chinese ship carrying giant cranes approach the en-
trance to Hampton Roads in Hampton, Va., Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.
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