PRINCE RUPERT – Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal, a project which is due for completion in the third quarter of 2017, recently celebrated a major milestone.
On Saturday morning, May 13, three gantry cranes entered Prince Rupert Harbour aboard the heavy load carrier ship Zhen Hua 25. A team of BC Coast Marine Pilots were aboard the ship to guide its approach.
It was escorted by tugs from SAAM SMIT Towage which helped the ship execute a slow turn before berthing at Fairview Container Terminal.
The Port Authority patrol boat M.V. Charles Hays accompanied the Zhen Hua 25 from the Kinahan Islands to ensure that any nearby watercraft maintained a safety perimeter of at least one nautical mile from the 50,000-tonne vessel.
The offloading process is expected to take several days.
The three Malacca-max dock gantry cranes further enhance Prince Rupert’s reputation as “big ship ready.” Each crane is equipped with a horizontal reach of 25 containers and is capable of working the largest vessels in the world.
When the expansion project is complete, the capacity of Fairview Terminal will increase by half-a-million TEUs, boosting its total capacity from 850,000 to 1.35 million TEUs.
