In July 2011, Konecranes received an order for one cable reel RTG crane from the NUTEP Container Terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia. This is the second delivery of Konecranes cable reel RTGs for NUTEP, who already has four Konecranes RTGs in its terminal. The crane will be delivered in February 2012. The value of the order is not disclosed.
NUTEP is a growing container terminal at the Black Sea. Konecranes delivered its first RTGs to NUTEP in 2008. The recently ordered crane is part of the terminal’s expansion plan, which will increase the annual capacity from current 130,000 TEU to 600,000 TEU by 2015.
“The customer appreciates not only the reduced energy costs, but also the higher fleet availability that the RTG’s all-electric systems offer,” says Jussi Sarpio, General Manager, RTG cranes at Konecranes. “Another important feature is the crane’s sway-control design which increases productivity in the terminal.”
The cable reel RTGs have been designed to take account of future environmental requirements. The cranes feature a cable reel power supply system, which reduces energy costs significantly compared to traditional, diesel powered RTG’s. It also reduces noise and local emissions. In addition, the RTGs are equipped with active load control with a horizontal fine positioning system. The 16-wheel all-electric cranes have a lifting capacity of 50 tons and can stack one over five containers high and seven plus truck lane wide.
Further information:
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Mr. Jussi Sarpio, General Manager, RTG of Konecranes
Phone: +358(0)20 427 2582, Email: [email protected]
This press release is available at our website www.konecranes.com
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions and services for lifting equipment of every make. In 2010, Group sales totalled EUR 1,546 million. The Group has 11,200 employees, at 578 locations in 46 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).
