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Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited () is a Chinese
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company and the world's largest manufacturer of cranes and large
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structures. In 2015 the company accounted for about 75% of the world-market share for container cranes.


History

The company was founded in 1992. It is a wholly-owned
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of
China Communications Construction Company China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. (CCCC) is a Chinese majority state-owned, publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction company primarily engaged in the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure assets, ...
. ZPMC is listed on the
Shanghai Stock Exchange The Shanghai Stock Exchange (, SSE) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the three stock exchanges operating independently in mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock ...
. It specializes in designing, manufacturing, erecting, commissioning, shipping in fully erected state, after-sales servicing and developing new port machinery products. Its main products include
container crane A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dock (maritime), dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships. Containe ...
s (QCs) (supplied eight for
London Gateway DP World London Gateway is a port within the wider Port of London, on the north bank of the River Thames in Thurrock, Essex. Opened in November 2013, the site is a fully integrated logistics facility, consisting of a semi-automated deep-sea ...
), rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs), bulk-material ship loaders and unloaders, bucket-wheel stackers and reclaimers, portal cranes, floating cranes engineering vessels and large steel bridge structures. Its cranes are found in 120 large ports around the globe. In 2009, the company rebranded itself as Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. In 2021, the
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received three ZPMC container cranes, doubling the lifting capabilities of the former container crane and equipped with a remote control system. In 2021, agents of the
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(FBI) believed to have discovered intelligence-gathering equipment on a cargo ship delivering ZPMC cranes to the
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. China saw the report as paranoid. Since the 2023 Chinese balloon incident, the ZPMC has come under suspicion by U.S. officials and lawmakers over their cranes suspected spying capabilities and ZPMC's participation in
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. In February 2024, US officials announced a plan to have the
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oversee the cybersecurity of port cranes and invest in replacements of ZPMC cranes at US ports. In March 2024, ''
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'' reported that US congressional investigators identified a communications device in ZPMC cranes not part of normal operations. A probe by the
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and the
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found that ZPMC pressured port operators to allow it remote access.


San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

The company is the fabricator of the new Bay Bridge located in the
San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...
in the USA. Although the company had no previous experience in bridge construction, California officials selected it based on the advantages of "huge steel fabrication facilities, its large low-cost work force and its solid finance." The project employed 3,000 workers who built a main bridge tower and completed 28 bridge decks.


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* {{Authority control Chinese brands Chinese companies established in 1992 Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1992 Construction and civil engineering companies of China Crane manufacturers Government-owned companies of China Manufacturing companies based in Shanghai