Port Saint John, N.B., adds more container cranes [Video]

It was less then a decade ago Port Saint John obtained its first container crane, and just over a year after receiving another pair, more are on the way.

DP World, the group who operates the existing cranes on the port’s property, will add two more cranes to its Saint John fleet by year’s end. The cranes will travel north from the Port of Virginia this fall, with the goal of having them in operation by early 2025.

This will give Port Saint John a total of 6 container cranes, the most that have ever been located along the Saint John Harbour at one time.

“We’re tremendously excited,” says Port Saint John President and CEO Craig Bell Estabrooks. “To go from two cranes in 2017 that DP World brought in the first month. They began operating to four cranes early last year to now six. That’s a big deal for our port.”

The incoming cranes will be larger then the ones …