Hector Danisa, business unit executive at Ngqura container terminal, said that special clearance had to be sought to bring the cranes through the port on board the ‘ZHEN HUA No.21’, which had sailed to the port directly from China.
“Due to the immense size of the cranes and the fact that they are being delivered virtually assembled, it would have been physically impossible to land at the neighbouring Port Elizabeth harbour and deliver overland. With equipment of this nature, it can only be landed at the terminal at which it will be installed and used,” he said.
“The cranes will certainly assist us in meeting NCT’s promised port-rail turnaround of under six hours. They offer double the handling rate of reachstackers, which are used in some of our port terminals,” he said.
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