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Mitsui E&S Co., Ltd.
Japanese machinery company; selected under Biden 2024 executive order ($20B) to reshore US port crane manufacturing through PACECO brand; historical manufacturer of US port cranes before ZPMC dominance.
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Port Cranes (PACECO Brand)
40%Marine Diesel Engines
35%Defense and Special
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Did you know2024
Mitsui E&S (through its PACECO brand) was the primary US port crane supplier from the 1950s through the 1990s, building the STS cranes at major US ports before ZPMC's price advantage displaced them entirely. In February 2024, the Biden administration announced a $20 billion investment program to reshore US port crane manufacturing, specifically targeting ZPMC as a national security risk. Mitsui E&S/PACECO was designated as the US government's preferred partner to manufacture 'Made in America' port cranes — a Japanese company manufacturing cranes in the US to replace Chinese cranes at US ports. The same logic of supply chain sovereignty that drove the CHIPS Act (domestic semiconductor manufacturing) was applied to port cranes. Mitsui's selection illustrates the US government's calculated choice: an allied-nation Japanese company operating US factories is preferable to a Chinese state-enterprise company even at higher cost, specifically for port infrastructure deemed sensitive to national security.
The White House ↗Origin2024
Mitsui E&S (formerly Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding) manufactured the first PACECO container cranes installed at US ports in the 1950s-1980s before losing the market to ZPMC. The Biden administration's selection of Mitsui E&S to reshore US crane manufacturing is an attempt to reconstitute a supply chain that was entirely offshored within a single generation.
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