Port Canaveral Cargo Partner GT USA Loads 32 Pieces of Heavy Construction Equipment Bound for Guyana

machinery purchased at one of Central Florida’s many automobile/heavy equipment auctions

BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – How many longshoremen does it take to move heavy construction machinery from the dock onto a cargo vessel? The answer…many!

Port Canaveral cargo partners at GT USA were quite busy last week loading 32 pieces of construction equipment, including excavators, bulldozers, and impact pressure equipment, weighing between 42 to 86 tons each, onto the cargo vessel Marguisa Zierikzee at Port Canaveral’s North Cargo Berth 6.

They had to hoist each piece of equipment carefully using the ship’s cranes one at a time.

The Port Canaveral cargo partners at GT USA were quite busy last week loading 32 pieces of construction equipment, including excavators, bulldozers, and impact pressure equipment, weighing between 42 to 86 tons each, onto the cargo vessel Marguisa Zierikzee at Port Canaveral’s North Cargo Berth 6.

The machinery was purchased at one of Central Florida’s many automobile/heavy equipment auctions and is now en route to Guyana in South America. (Port Canaveral image) and is now en route to Guyana in South America.

The entire loading process took over two days to ensure the safe and careful handling of the heavy equipment.

GT USA invested up to $100 million in Canaveral Cargo Terminal’s new state-of-the-art container and multi-purpose cargo terminal, infrastructure, equipment and people and is the only dedicated container terminal at Port Canaveral.

The terminal serves as an gateway for containerized movements to the Florida market, and in particular provides connection to the bustling consumption areas and growing number of distribution centers within Central Florida.

In addition to containers, CCT also handles heavy equipment, vehicles and boats as well as breakbulk and heavy lift cargo.

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