Gottwald boosts productivity at Port d’Owendo

The two Gottwald model G HMK 6407 units were purchased for around US$7m as part of the on-going effort to modernise the port and maximise its productivity. The Gottwald cranes with a maximum out-reach of 51m are capable of serving post-Panamax vessels and Capesize bulk carriers.

Prior to the delivery, Port d’Owendo relied on standard vessel cranes, each capable of only executing eight container moves/hour. Today, each mobile harbor cranes is capable of executing up to 25 container moves/hour.

Philippe Gery, director general at GPM commented: “We are very encouraged by the results so far. Even though we have not completely phased in the new cranes with our crane operators still in the training phase, we have already almost doubled the handling rate of containers and reduced the waiting time of ships by more than 50% and ships\’ time alongside by more than 30%.”