Re-defining cargo controlling in Baltimore

The US city, which has a strong industrial past, is looking forward to a "new era" for its cargo handling operations, in accordance with the Baltimore Sun.
Founded in 1729, Baltimore was founded on key industries, including steel processing, shipping, auto manufacturing, and transportation.
However, like many cities around the globe, the 20th century has seen it shift to a service economy.
According to the report, the four 14-story cranes are capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships.
Just to seal it all off, the cranes have even been emblazoned with Maryland's (Baltimore's state) colours.
"This is a big day for us. We're on schedule and under budget," Mark Montgomery, president of Ports America Chesapeake, told the Baltimore Sun.
"It's a new era for the port, for Maryland and for Baltimore."
Ports America is two years into a 50-year agreement with Maryland to prepare, Seagirt, Baltimore port's terminal, for the arrival of massive cargo ships that will use the widened Panama Canal from early 2015.
The Panamax cranes were ordered from China for $40 million (£25.4 million) and their arrival means only Baltimore and Norfolk, Virginia are the only places on the entire East Coast with such capability.
It is possible that the prep for the arrival of the cranes involved crane scales, that happen to be widely employed in shipping operations, as well as foundries and mining.
Travelling from Shanghai, the 6,824-ton cranes spent two months at sea, skirting around the tip of South Africa and across the South Atlantic.The Sun said their arrival under the stunning Bay Bridge saw a large crowd assemble to stare at the new cranes, which make seven nearby cranes look "tiny and dated".
Mr Montgomery said by September, the cranes would be hard at work lifting containers.
"It certainly is the future," James White, the Maryland Port Administration's executive director, told the newspaper. 
"Either you have big cranes, or you're out of business."