Maersk Inc. has contracted KCI Konecranes for the delivery of 30 Rail Mounted Gantry Container Handling Cranes (RMG) to APM Terminals’ new state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth, Virginia. The contract calls for deliveries to begin in October 2006, and includes the option for an additional 30 cranes. The order value is not disclosed.
APM Terminals’ new Virginia container terminal project is the largest single private investment in container terminals in the United States. The new terminal is expected to set a new benchmark in the container handling industry, establishing new performance standards and methods of operation. The Konecranes RMG cranes will be used for high density container stacking and truck loading in the container yard.
"KCI Konecranes’ technology, experience and reliable delivery track record is an attractive combination," said Griff Lynch, APM Terminals’ Project Manager for the Virginia development. "At APM Terminals our customers demand quick turnaround times and fast deliveries, and KCI Konecranes have met our requirements on efficient project management and delivering the specified, high performance equipment. The successful on-time startup of the new terminal is essential to us."
Load handling
The cranes have a lifting capacity of 40 tons, a lifting height of 1 over 5 containers and a span of 25.4 m.
The cranes are designed for high performance operation utilizing the latest control technology. They are equipped with the patented Konecranes Active Load Control technology, which has been applied and developed in Konecranes’ successful range of Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes.
The cranes have been specified to support the innovative stacking yard concept APM Terminals has developed and will introduce at its new facility in Portsmouth.
The Konecranes Active Load Control System is a technology market leader since its introduction in 1995. The cranes are fully electromechanical, with no hydraulics involved. This complies with the current environmental regulations in the U.S., while simultaneously reducing the equipment maintenance costs and the total cost of ownership.
A.P. Moller - Maersk Group’s and KCI Konecranes relationship
KCI Konecranes has supplied container handling equipment to the APM Terminals’ facilities on the US East and Gulf Coasts since 2001. Earlier this year KCI Konecranes sold its first RTGs to the US West Coast to APM Terminals in Los Angeles, CA. To date APM Terminals has taken delivery of 34 Konecranes RTGs, not including the recent order in LA for seven cranes.
Further information can be obtained from
Ilpo Hakala, Director, Harbour and Shipyard Cranes
Email ilpo.hakala@konecranes or phone. +358-20 427 2660
Tuomas Saastamoinen, Sales manager, Container Handling
Email [email protected] or phone +358-40 516 8562
This press release together with a downloadable picture is available at our web site www.konecranes.com. Further information on the benefits of the RMG technology is available at our web site under press releases “New Rail Mounted Crane From KCI Konecranes”.
APM Terminals, with corporate headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, is a leading global container terminal owner and operator with operations at over 35 terminals. The facilities generated a throughput of 20.6 million TEU in 2004, and service about 60 leading container shipping lines. APM Terminals North America Inc and Maersk Inc. are also part of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, the group has more than 60,000 employees and offices in more than 125 countries. Besides container terminals, the group is involved in shipping, logistics and aviation, shipbuilding, industry, exploration for and production of oil and gas and retailing.
KCI Konecranes, headquartered in Hyvinkää, Finland is a world leading Engineering Group specialising in advanced overhead lifting solutions and maintenance services. KCI Konecranes is the world's leading supplier of heavy-duty cranes for process industries. KCI Konecranes is a global supplier of special harbour cranes for bulk materials and containers and a leading provider of shipyard cranes. In 2004, Group sales totalled EUR 728 million. The Group has 4850 employees in 35 countries all over the world.
