The Port of Oakland received the West Coast’s first European-built, fully electric ship-to-shore cranes from Ireland on Wednesday.

The first of four destined for the port’s TraPac Terminal, the Liebherr-built cranes will help dock workers handle the world’s largest container ships faster and more efficiently, port officials said in a news release Thursday.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.