The latest addition to Port of Tauranga's crane fleet – a Liebherr Super Post Panamax ship-to-shore twin-lift gantry crane – is now in position and in final stages of testing.

The crane is expected to be handed over to the port for full operations at the Tauranga Container Terminal this Friday, March 28.

The Port of Tauranga now has seven cranes in use.

This crane brings the total number of cranes at the TCT to seven. Of these six are Post Panamax, including three Super Post Panamax cranes capable of handling the largest ships anticipated to trade with New Zealand in the medium term.

The Super Post Panamax cranes have the ability to service vessels 18 TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) wide.

The addition of this new crane allows the Port to increase crane intensity on large ships to ensure high vessel productivity.