Looks like work is held up due to Rain. Zhen Hua 19 has moved into Position at pier 42, however no work has been done to load the crane. UPDATE: Apprently they couldnt get the pins out to remove the wheels. the crane will be re-located over land.
Category: new cranes
The (Small) Container vessel Coast spent the day at pier 42 for Melfi. Equipment to Move the old crane form 42 to 36 was being transfered, though the Zhen Hua 19 remained at pier 41. the 2 new cranes can be seen in the background.
Warning, the video above is 20 minutes long,has horrible audio and the crane crawls off the ship Standby for a speed up version to follow.
Small Photo at left was sent to me from a good reliable source. It offers a better angle then I could get. Rollback on the first crane is supposed to start at 11am today.
Work progressing on the offload of the first crane. Rails are down, and shoring has been removed.
Thanks to bendan (@Mr_Crane_hfx on Twitter) for pointing me to this video:
Halifax’s New Cranes have arrived from China. ZPMC’s vessel, Zhen Hua 19 arrived in port today. A good crowd and lots of media turned out to watch their arrival. CBC News at 6 tonight Should have an interview with me on the cranes arrival. (Above) A good Crowd turned out