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Friday, January 23, 2015

Port of New Orleans moves 718-ton tower

This week the Port of New Orleans has completed one of the heaviest cargo lifts in its history — lifting a 718-ton tower from a ship to a barge.

SAL Heavy Lift, Fracht/USA Germany, Roll-Lift, McDonough Marine and the terminal’s stevedore, Coastal Cargo Company performed the lift.

The unit arrived at the port January 10 from Shanghai, China. It was moved at the port this week at the Louisiana Avenue wharf.

Port president Gary LaGrange says the operation shows the port’s ability to handle large and complex cargo, noting that it’s proof of the historic expansions the port has undertaken to handle new construction-related cargo set for the lower Mississippi River regions and the Gulf Coast.

The 164-foot absorption tower is bound for a major plant expansion in Donaldsonville.

For more of the WWNO story: wwno.org