Three new Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes are on their way to Port Everglades and from Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC) in Shanghai. Each crane is costing US$13.8 million and are among the largest low-profile container gantry cranes ever designed and built.

The new cranes are part of the largest expansion project in the port’s history. This includes lengthening the Southport Turning Notch from 900 feet (274 meters) to 2,400 feet (731.5 meters) to allow for up to five new cargo berths. The cranes are 175-feet tall (53.3 meters) and are designed as “low profile” with booms that extend out and back rather than raise up. This is required so that the cranes stay out of the flight path of nearby Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.