How do you unload a crane larger than the cranes you have?
A Chinese ship docked at the Conley Terminal in South Boston this morning carrying three big cranes that will let larger cargo ships dock at the terminal in South Boston once they're installed and operating later this year. Andrew Morrison captured the ship from the new Homewood Suites on Summer Street.
The cranes are part of an $850-million project to expand the capacity of the terminal - a project that has also included several years of dredging in Boston Harbor to carve out a deeper channel for "Panamax" ships - the largest that can currently traverse the Panama Canal.
The cranes came aboard the Zhen Hua 15 after a two-month voyage from Shanghai.