First of all, the expansion and improvement of the Mission to Seafarer's building has been completed. A beautiful new trailer has been added to the existing one. The extra space will be utilized to make room for all the seafarers that we expect will be coming.Last week a ship arrived from China carrying three huge cranes!
These are the 'new generation' cranes which can pick up two forty foot containers at the same time. The cranes will be used at the third terminal scheduled to become operational early next year. The ship that carries the cranes had been specially designed with huge ballast tanks for transporting these giants cranes across the oceans. It needed to travel very slowly, navigating away from any bad weather that came their way because of being so top heavy! To move these cranes from the ship to shore was a very time consuming experience.
The other development in the world of shipping is the new type of bulk carrier design. You'll notice the very high bow which is built this way to break the waves. Compare it with other bulk carrier pictures and you will see the difference.
The last picture is of a brand new SeaSpan tugboat. It arrived last week and it is the most powerful one in the fleet. All of these are signs that things will get busier at Delta Port.