Delivery of container cranes signifies major milestone for Bayport
Houston is first Texas port to receive industry's most
technologically advanced cargo handling equipment
HOUSTON, May 15, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Port of Houston Authority commissioners, Harris County Commissioner Sylvia Garcia, and more than 70 invited representatives of media and the maritime community on Monday, May 15, attended a special "sneak preview" of the Port of Houston Authority's Bayport Container and Cruise Terminals. A guided bus tour of the Bayport site highlighted special features that reflect PHA's unwavering commitment to economic development, customer service, environmental friendliness, and preservation of the quality of life in local communities.
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As construction nears completion for the grand opening later this year of the first phase of the most modern container terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast, four electric container cranes arrived aboard a vessel from Shanghai, China, and have begun being intricately dismounted to the terminal's first wharf. The installation of the industry's next generation of cranes at Bayport will be a significant enhancement to the PHA's capacity for handling containerized cargo, which is projected to grow at a phenomenal rate of 16 to 23 percent annually over the next several years.
Located adjacent to the container terminal, the first phase of the PHA's Bayport Cruise Terminal is targeted for completion in Spring 2007.
Overall, the innovative design features and construction techniques at the site of the Bayport Container and Cruise Terminals greatly minimize impacts on the environment and neighboring communities.
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Photo 01: A new day dawns as four electric wharf cranes arrive in Houston for delivery to the first wharf at the Port of Houston Authority's Bayport Container Terminal.
Photo 02: Houston Pilots' Presiding Officer Captain Robert Thompson at the helm of the vessel delivering four electric wharf cranes to the Port of Houston Authority's Bayport Container Terminal.
Photo 03: Construction workers at Bayport.
Photo 04: The first-phase of Bayport's container wharf where four electric cranes were delivered on Monday.
Photos courtesy the Port of Houston Authority (photos by Chris Kuhlman).
The Port of Houston Authority owns and operates the public facilities located along the Port of Houston, the 25-mile long complex of diversified public and private facilities designed for handling general cargo, containers, grain and other dry bulk materials, project and heavy lift cargo, and other types of cargo. Each year, more than 6,000 vessels call at the port, which ranks first in the U.S. in foreign waterborne tonnage, second in overall total tonnage, and sixth largest in the world. The Port Authority plays a vital role in ensuring navigational safety along the Houston Ship Channel, which has been instrumental in Houston's development as a center of international trade. The Barbours Cut Container Terminal and Central Maintenance Facility are the first of any U.S. port facilities to develop and implement an innovative Environmental Management System that meets the rigorous standards of ISO 14001. Additionally, the port is an approved delivery point for Coffee "C" futures contracts traded on the New York Board of Trade's Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange. For more information, please visit www.portofhouston.com
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