Port of Savannah adds 55 hybrid yard cranes as part of Ocean Terminal renovation

Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has invested US$170m in 55 hybrid-engine rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes as part of the redevelopment of the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal into an all-container facility.

The hybrid machines will exclusively operate off electric battery power, using diesel generators to recharge the batteries, which will reduce fuel consumption by an estimated 47% compared to all-diesel machines.

GPA claimed that per year that is a reduction of 8,800 gallons of diesel per crane, or nearly 500,000 gallons annually across the Ocean Terminal fleet, resulting in fuel purchase savings of more than US$1.6m per year at current rates.