Collapsed crane removed from Port of Vancouver

Eight days after it came crashing down on a container ship, a crane that collapsed at the Port of Vancouver has been removed.

The ship-to-shore crane tipped over after the vessel, named the Ever Summit, ran into it while trying to berth at Vanterm in the middle of the night on Jan. 28.

No one was hurt, but operations at the terminal — the main spot for container loading and unloading at the Vancouver port — had been crippled ever since.

Global Container Terminals (GCT) brought in a floating crane...

http://container-news.com/collapsed-crane-removed-port-vancouver/

Crane falls onto Evergreen vessel at the Port of Vancouver

The main container terminal at the Port of Vancouver remains closed after a crane came down on a vessel Monday (Jan. 28) morning.

A spokesperson for GCT Global Container Terminals Inc. confirmed to Global News that during berthing Monday morning, at around 4 a.m., a vessel came into contact with a GCT Vanterm ship-to-shore crane.

The Evergreen vessel, Ever Summit, is still being held alongside with tugs as the crane boom is now on top of a container stack toward the rear of the ship.

GCT says an...

http://container-news.com/crane-evergreen-vessel-port-vancouver/

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