SAN FRANCISCO, CA. – DEC. 30: The Zhen Hua heavy cargo ship carries three huge cranes under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., enroute to the port of Oakland, Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, 2020, (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – DECEMBER 30: The vessel ZHEN HUA 35 carries three large container cranes under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge en route to the Oakland International Container Terminal on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, near Oakland, Calif. The cranes will stand over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the port. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Three massive cranes arrived Wednesday morning in San Francisco Bay on their way to the Port of Oakland.
Taller than Oakland’s storied Tribune Tower building, valued at $30 million, the largest container cranes ever to enter the city arrived on Wednesday from China.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. – DEC. 30: The Zhen Hua heavy cargo ship carries three huge cranes past Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, Calif., enroute to the port of Oakland, Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, 2020. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Stevedoring Services of America invested $30 million in the ship-to-shore cranes for their site at the Oakland International Container Terminal.
With the crane booms raised, they will tower more than 400 feet above the wharf in Oakland. The new cranes are needed to service the ultra-large container ships arriving at the port.
The ship Zhen Hua 35 stopped in Drakes Bay so the crew could lower the booms of the cranes, allowing it to pass under the Golden Gate and Bay bridges. With that maneuver completed, the booms were raised once the vessel arrived at its anchoring spot in the bay.
OAKLAND, CA – DECEMBER 30: The vessel Zhen Hua 35 is seen at anchor in San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, near Oakland, Calif. The cranes will rise over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the at the Oakland International Container Terminal port. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 5: The vessel ZHEN HUA 35 carries three large container cranes to the Oakland International Container Terminal on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. The cranes will stand over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the port. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
The ship will remain anchored in the bay for several days before docking at the Port of Oakland.
OAKLAND, CA – DECEMBER 30: The vessel Zhen Hua 35 is seen at anchor from this drone view in San Francisco Bay on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, near Oakland, Calif. The cranes will rise over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the at the Oakland International Container Terminal port. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 5: The vessel ZHEN HUA 35 carries three large container cranes to the Oakland International Container Terminal on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. The cranes will stand over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the port. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 5: The vessel ZHEN HUA 35 docks at the Oakland International Container Terminal with three new large container cranes on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. The cranes will stand over 400 feet above the wharf once installed at the port. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
