GLOBAL container terminal operator, APM Terminals has ordered 16 new advanced rubber-tyre gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an on-going programme of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout its global terminal network.
Twelve of the new 16-wheeled RTGs are scheduled for delivery to its terminal Algeciras, in Spain, while the remaining four are destined for Apapa, Nigeria, with delivery in one year.
The new equipment manufactured by Konecranes will offer a lifting capacity of 41 tonnes, and the ability to manoeuver containers into stacks five high, New York's Marine Link reported.
APMT Algeciras, the largest container terminal in the western Mediterranean, has completed upgrading cranes and quay infrastructure to accommodate ships of 18,000 TEU plus, some of which make weekly calls.
In addition to heightening four existing cranes in 2014, four new ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes were delivered last May. The port of Algeciras, located at the Gibraltar Strait, is the largest in Spain, having surpassed Valencia in 2013, and is the 28th busiest globally.
The four RTGs ordered for the Apapa terminal, the busiest in West Africa, will bring the total to 14 RTGs. A US$135 million expansion programme was announced for APMT Apapa in 2011.
The Apapa box facility is the largest by capacity of the three ports serving Lagos. It has doubled container volume in the past eight years and has dramatically improved productivity for the nation's inbound containers.
The terminal operator also manages a second port facility in Nigeria, the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), located in the Onne oil and gas free zone, where it has committed to an investment of $125 million for port modernisation and upgrades.
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15 January 2015 - 20:34
Maersk group's APMT adds 16 new RTGs at its Algeciras and Apapa terminals
GLOBAL container terminal operator, APM Terminals has ordered 16 new advanced rubber-tyre gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an on-going programme of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout its global terminal network.
PORTS
15 January 2015 - 20:34
Maersk group's APMT adds 16 new RTGs at its Algeciras and Apapa terminals
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