Transnet Port Terminals complete succesful testing of two Liebherr Super Post Panamax cranes at Ngqura Container Terminal

Two Liebherr Super Post Panamax cranes due to be launched into operations at the Ngqura Container Terminal, South Africa, this month have successfully undergone testing, according to Transnet Port Terminals (TPT).

The Ship-to-Shore cranes (STS), which were delivered in January bringing the terminal’s fleet of STS cranes to eight, represent an investment of R150 million by the port operator.

Siya Mhlaluka, Terminal Executive for the Eastern Cape Terminals, says that the cranes have been procured to cater for the projected growth in the market’s volume demand.

In addition, Mhlaluka said that the cranes will also improve productivity by increasing Ship Working Hour (SWH) – the number of containers moved by the number of cranes working a vessel in one hour.

A total of 78 additional operators have been trained and are ready to operate the equipment.

Transnet’s newly formulated Market Demand Strategy will see Transnet SOC Limited invest R300 billion on freight infrastructure over the next seven years. Of this, TPT will invest R33 billion to boost port operations.

The portion allocated for the 600,000 m2 Ngqura Container Terminal includes just under R1.1 billion for its Phase 2 A expansion, which will increase container handling capacity from the current 800,000 TEU to 1.5 million TEU by 2013/14.

A further R 808 million will be spent between 2015 and 2019 on the terminal’s Phase 2 B expansion to increase the terminal’s capacity to two million TEU.

 

 

Source: http://www.porttechnology.org