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Inaugurated the extension of Washington United Terminals of the port of Tacoma
the dock is time of 792 linear meters
November 2, 2011
Yesterday in the port of Tacoma the conclusion of the work of widening of the container is celebrated terminal Washington United Terminals (WUT) of the South Korean shipowning group Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM).
The participation, started at the end of 2009, has involved the lengthening of 600 feet of the dock, than now it reaches the 2,600 linear feet, and the installation of two new cranes super ship-to-Shore post-Panamax of the ZPMC (fifth and sixth of the terminal) that they have arrived in the American port at the beginning of 2009.
"This extension of the dock - it has explained in charge of Hyundai Merchant Marine America, Inc., Y.I. Song - the ulterior terminalistica ability assigns to WUT of which we need for ours two great cranes for container and it allows us at the same time to enliven two portacontenitori ships in our terminal. To moreover it offers greater ability us in order to enliven ulterior volumes in this terminal and in order to receive largest portacontainer of the industry".
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