Post-Panamax Cranes

PortMiami has purchased four additional Super Post-Panamax cranes with the capacity to handle the new generation of cargo vessels that will be traversing the expanded Panama Canal. The new cranes, which began operating at the end of 2013, bring the Port's Super Post-Panamax crane total to 6 and overall crane total to 13. 

The cranes can handle megaships with cargo capacities of over 10,000 TEUs and allow the Port to service these larger ships with increased speed and efficiency.  They have a lift capacity of 100 tons under the cargo beam, an outreach of 223 feet, and can handle ships up to 23 containers wide.  In addition, the cranes can work stacks up to nine containers high on-deck.

To accommodate PortMiami's new Super-Post Panamax gantry cranes and the mega-vessels the Port was set to receive following the completion of the -50 foot Deep Dredge, the bulkheads and seawall along Wharves I–VII were improved through a comprehensive strengthening program. This program included various upgrades to each wharf, such as new bollards, fenders, and water stations. Wharves originally designed for channel depths ranging from 42 to 46 feet were deepened to improve wharf access, allowing for more efficient cargo movement and stacking to meet projected increases in containerized trade.

PortMiami was the first U.S. deep water port to incorporate precast fascia panels in this type of project, expediting construction and providing a clean, uniform appearance of the Port as seen from Biscayne Bay.