Friday, September 25, 2015

Georgia Ports Authority approves funding for crane electrification

Also at its Monday meeting, the board of the Georgia Ports Authority approved expenditures of up to $12.6 million for Phase 3 of Savannah’s yard crane electrification.

The first two phases have been completed with a total of 19 rubber-tired gantry cranes — RTGs —

operating on electricity. Construction of the third phase will add four container rows, using 16 additional electrified RTGs. The electrified RTGs reduce diesel consumption by 95 percent per-crane.

By summer 2016, electrified RTGs will make up 25 percent of the GPA crane fleet.


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