 The company also signed in 2005 an agreement with Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., NSB Niederelbe, Gebab and Conti Reederei companies for the construction of 12 container ships of around each that will be delivered in stages until 2011 at a total cost of US$1.1 billion.In 2008 the shipyard bought the largest gantry crane in North America, the "Goliath Crane", formerly located in Quincy, Massachusetts from the General Dynamics company.Built in 1975, the crane, nicknamed "Goliath", "Big Blue", "The Dog" or "Horse", has a height of , a span of , a weight of and a lifting capacity of .