The heavy load carrier BigLift Baffin delivers three new cranes to the Port of New York and New Jersey. The 492ft tall cranes were built by Liebherr in Ireland and are destined for the Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, NJ.

Said to be the largest single item ever engineered and built in Ireland, the ship staged outside the Verrazano Bridge and lowered the booms in order to fit under the bridges.

The Bayonne Bridge was raised in 2019 from 151ft clearance to 215ft clearance to accommodate larger ships. The BigLift Baffin announced on VHF their total heigh with cranes to be 218’9”. Tonight’s full moon was probably needed for an extra low tide in order to transit the bridge.

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