Usain Bolt: Track legend and billionaire music superstar Taylor Swift set to be honoured with £25,000,000 128ft cranes

Usain Bolt and Taylor Swift

Usain Bolt: Track legend and billionaire music superstar Taylor Swift set to be honoured with £25,000,000 128ft cranes

Funmilayo Fameso 12:58 - 28.03.2024

Big honours for Usain Bolt and Taylor Swift as multi-million pounds cranes will be named after them following a school competition.

Superstars Usain Bolt and Taylor Swift are set to be honoured with £25,000,000 128ft cranes in their names, following a school competition.

The fastest man in history and multiple Olympic champion will have his crane named U-Crane Bolt, while the American Grammy Award winner will have hers as Craner Swift.

Superstars Usain Bolt and Taylor Swift

According to the BBC, the £25m cranes have been built in Ireland and are due to arrive at the port in the coming months, and the competition to name the cranes was organised by site owner Peel Ports Clydeport in partnership with Inverclyde Council.

Jim McSporran, port director at Peel Ports Clydeport, said the cranes will become an "important part of the local skyline for years to come".

“They will significantly expand our freight capability at the port, as well as improve efficiency and help significantly reduce our carbon footprint, so it’s a really exciting time for us as a business and also for the local region and west coast of Scotland.”

The cranes are part of a plan to boost trade and productivity at the site and the installation of the cranes has been described as "the largest single investment made at the container terminal". They are expected to be fully operational by the end of the year 2024.

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