An all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane at SA Recycling’s scrap metal facility in the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles speaks as officials gathered to celebrate the all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane used at SA Recycling’s Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Los Angeles City Councilman Tim McOsker (District 15) speaks as officials gathered to celebrate the all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane used at SA Recycling’s Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Luisa Gratz, President, ILWU Local 26 speaks as officials gathered to celebrate the all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane used at SA Recycling’s Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
An all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane at SA Recycling’s scrap metal facility in the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Officials pose for a photo in front of an all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane at SA Recycling’s Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
George Adams, CEO, SA Recycling speaks at a press conference celebrating the all-electric, emission-reducing Liebherr mobile crane that his company uses at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. The crane has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since its installment in 2017. The metals are loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
(Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
An all-electric Liebherr mobile crane at the Port of Los Angeles has moved 5 million tons of recycled metals since it was installed in 2017, prompting officials to celebrate the achievement on Tuesday, Aug. 1.
The emission-reducing crane takes metals at SA Recycling’s Port of L.A. facility that are then loaded onto breakbulk vessels and exported to Asia.
Last year, SA Recycling’s port facility exported more than 900,000 metric tons of recycled metal, making it one of the top five exports at the nation’s busiest port.
Among those on hand Tuesday were SA Recycling CEO George Adams, Los Angeles Councilmember Tim McOsker, Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka, California Air Resources Board/South Coast AQMD Governing Board appointee Gideon Kracov and Liebherr USA Co. head of sales Winston Ziegler. The presidents of local chapters of the International Longshore and Warehouse union — Gary Hererra and Luisa Gratz — were also on hand.
A Port of Los Angeles video from May 2017 hailed the debut of the crane when it arrived at SA Recycling, Southern California’s largest recycling operation and exporter of scrape metal.
The $6.3 million Liebherr 550 electric crane replaced a 1987 diesel ship-loading crane at the time. It was the port’s first electric mobile ship-loading crane for non-container cargo.
The crane was acquired in part through a $1.3 million Environmental Protection Agency grant, according to port information posted with the 2017 video.
