America Invented the Port Crane. Now Nearly 80% Come From One Chinese Company

The first container crane went to work in Alameda, California, in 1959. Today, nearly 80% of the ship-to-shore cranes at US ports come from one Chinese state-owned company, founded in 1992 by a 59-year-old engineer on the verge of retirement. And in 2025, even the inventor's new cranes for Long Beach were set to be built in Japan. Sources: • https://ethw.org/ASME-Landmark:PACECO... • https://www.manufacturingdive.com/new... • https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/... • https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Guan%... • https://crossdockinsights.com/p/chine... • https://www.cranestodaymagazine.com/f... • https://www.seattletimes.com/business... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZPMC • https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon... • https://homeland.house.gov/2024/09/16... • https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/20240... • https://www.ajot.com/news/paceco-and-... • https://www.strtrade.com/trade-news-r... • https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com... • https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20230... • https://breakbulk.news/fbi-searches-z... Footage & images: Pexels, Wikimedia Commons. Some scenes are AI-generated illustrations; no real person is depicted with AI. • Container cranes at the Port of Oakland-.jpg — Yair-haklai (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Waalhaven pier 6 - Port of Rotterdam - container terminal and cranes.jpg — AgainErick (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Vancouver (BC, Canada), Vancouver Centerm Terminal -- 2022 -- 2151.jpg — Dietmar Rabich (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Zhen Hua 11 portainer.jpg — ctbolt (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Sandy Point MD1.jpg — Acroterion (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Seagirt Marine Terminal, Baltimore.jpg — Fatlouie (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • White House lawn.jpg — Daniel Schwen (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • US Capitol dome Jan 2006.jpg — Diliff (CC BY 2.5) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Long Beach container port.jpg — biofriendly (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Also available with a Spanish audio track.