History gives way to progress
” The march of progress leaves little room for sentiment, ” said Bruce Koch, as he watched a contractor high above at work with a cutting torch. Koch, the Port of Tacomas electronics technology manager, was witnessing the unceremonious dismantling of an important piece of port history. As dozens of long-time port employees watched the sparks fall to the ground, ” Big Red” – the ports first container crane – was dismantled and hauled away as scrap metal.
Mr Gonzalez’s comments offer a sharp break with the current consensus that the economic crisis negates the need for the mega-project.
“I was more than a little sentimental as we watched the workers cut her apart, ” Koch said of the archaic German-built Peiner crane. The Peiner was dismantled to make way for the renovated and expanded Terminal 7 facility for Yang Ming Line.
Scheduled to open in July, the 54-acre facility will be called Olympic Container Terminal.
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