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Friday, December 14, 2012 Georgia Port Authority celebrates first electrified rubber-tired gantry cranesThe Georgia Ports Authority announced it would hold unveil today what it claims to be the first electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes to be used at a North American port. The four new electric rubber-tired gantry cranes from Konecranes will reportedly cost approximately $1 million, and will operate at the rear of Container Berths 4 and 5. The Finnish company is also constructing 20 RTGs for use at Savannah's Garden City Terminal. The cranes run on a 480-volt electrical bus bar system, using diesel power only to move between container rows. The new cranes will reduce RTG fuel consumption by up to 95 percent. The system has the capacity to regenerate power back to the electrical grid, powering itself for an estimated 18 minutes each hour, according to the port authority. The port said it plans to retrofit the rest of its rubber-tired gantry cranes and buy more to the total number of high tech cranes to 169 by 2022.
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