Our engineering department headed up by Charles Stewart at Freeport Container Port is responsible for the total maintenance and repair of all the container terminal equipment. It is a challenging job but a very rewarding job. The engineering department which  is responsible for maintaining a fleet of over 65 straddle carriers and more than 10 ship to shore Sea cranes.  

At Freeport Container Port, The engineering department employs a broad demographic of talent that includes men, women, young persons as well as seasoned engineers that number up to 90 highly skilled personnel.

There are several different types of maintenance operations deployed at Freeport container port. They include; predictive maintenance, preventive maintenance, condition-based maintenance and a host of other standard maintenance protocols

The strategy is to minimize the downtime and to optimize the amount of time that equipment can stay in service continuously without an interruption to the service that we’re providing to our customers that bring their vessels here. 

Given the competitive nature of The container terminal business, Freeport Container Port leads the way in the utilization of new technologies as they emerge to provide the best  possible service to the vessels that call at Freeport container Port. 

Over the last several years FCP has invested in Straddle Carriers that are electrical rather than diesel combustion. For the ship to shore cranes we have invested in remote container terminal cranes. They are the latest and greatest and best in technology.  They protect our operators from having to ascend the cranes and experience a lot of the vibrations associated with conventional cranes.

Our goal is also to provide environmentally friendly equipment that minimizes their carbon footprint on the environment.  Over the last several years we have invested in Straddle Carriers that are electrical rather than diesel.