Big lifters raise more questions than answers

THERE are five bright red metallic monoliths that dominate the industrialised landscape of Botany Bay. Patrick once dubbed them the “monsters that will change Port Botany’s skyline”, billing them an integral part of the future of Patrick’s container terminal operations in Sydney.

But for now at least, the five rail-mounted gantries (RMGs) are clustered together, as idle as the queue of trucks that has become a fixture outside the port at times over the past few months.
Patrick decided to pull the...

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