Alaska crane - Roni Toldanes photo

The largest of its kind in Alaska, the electrically-powered gantry crane is more than 340 feet tall with a boom spanning 164 feet, capable of lifting loads up to 60 feet long and weighing up to 145,000 pounds.
Roni Toldanes photo

Following on its acquisition of Horizon Lines’ non-Hawaiian business, Jones Act shipping company Matson, Inc. has begun upgrading its Alaska operations with a new 65-ton gantry crane at the company’s Kodiak Terminal in Kodiak, AK.

On May 29, 2015, Matson, Inc. closed its acquisition of Horizon Lines, Inc., which included Horizon’s Alaska operations and the assumption of all non-Hawaii business, for $469 million (before transaction costs).

Matson’s Alaska service will include calls by containerships that provide two weekly sailings from Tacoma to Anchorage and Kodiak, and a weekly sailing to Dutch Harbor.

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