With a capacity of 11,400 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), the Callisto is 1,193 feet long and 150 feet wide. That is 100 feet longer than the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier. Almost two Space Needles could fit end to end across its length.

It holds more than 40 percent more cargo than most of the container ships that call at Northwest Seaport Alliance terminals.

Terminal 18 is a 196-acre container terminal on Elliott Bay in Seattle. The marine terminal features 10 cranes, seven of which are super-post-Panamax and three post-Panamax, 50-foot water depth, on-dock and near-dock rail and a berth measuring 4,440 feet.

“Ships continue to get larger, and we are ready for them,” said John Wolfe, Northwest Seaport Alliance chief executive officer. “We are investing in our terminals and road and rail infrastructure to handle more cargo and the super-post-Panamax ships moving into the trans-Pacific trade.”

CMA CGM, based in Marseille, France, has called in Seattle since 2005.

The Callisto, which is repositioning to join the Yangtse Service, called in Vancouver, B.C., before arriving in Seattle. It is scheduled to head Wednesday to Shanghai.

Poole now have another accolade as being the first port in the UK to take delivery of a Sennebogen 6130 Harbour Crawler Crane, which has a maximum lift capacity of 84 tonnes.

Poole Harbour Commissioners handle various cargoes which include ball clay, roadstone, timber, rebar, beams, pipes, bricks, sand, organic animal feeds and grains. They also supply the Channel Islands, three times per week.

“As a Port we are getting busier, but we were mindful that our existing Port Cranes were getting older, which in simple terms is the reason we decided to order a new machine. We have a relationship with SENNEBOGEN and E H Hassell & Sons, which started over 10 years ago and having looked around the market, we liked what we saw with regards to the SENNEBOGEN Harbour Crawler Cranes. A visit was arranged to see a 6130 HCC in action and after this we started to work on a specification along with SENNEBOGEN and E H Hassell & Sons that matched our requirements. The basic specification included a compact crane, with high duties as we handle high volumes of rebar in the port, some bundles can be up to 25 tonnes, the 4 metre pylon was critical along with the unique telescopic elevating cab, which gives our operators an excellent eye level height and the ability to easily adjust to their required level, dependent upon what cargo they are handling. We also included a hydraulic tag line to operate bulk grabs up to 20 tonnes capacity, efficiently and safely. From our side we have future proofed the machine, which will allow us to grow our business in coming years” commented Paul Gillingham – Engineering Manager at Poole Harbour Commissioners.

Ian Hassell, Managing Director of the SENNEBOGEN sales and service partner E.H. Hassell & Sons Ltd., added at the official handover, “Wehave a long standing relationship with Poole Harbour Commissioners and see this new addition to their SENNEBOGEN fleet as sentiment that they are happy with the quality of the product, reliability and most importantly our parts and service support. Like all our ports customers we work closely with them and SENNEBOGEN to make 100% certain, what they require we collectively deliver.”

Photo: A new SENNEBOGEN 6130 HCC handling rebar at Poole Harbour Commissioners – Poole Dorset – England