Konecranes launches revolutionary container crane

Konecranes has introduced its first product especially developed for the emerging markets – the BOXHUNTER rubber tyred gantry (RTG) container handling crane – a completely new type of RTG that will give the company access to a new market segment.

Launched at the TOC Container Supply Chain Asia conference in Singapore, the machine is the outcome of intense product development to reinvent the design of RTGs for customers who do not require all the features or the peak performance of the company’s top-of-the-range RTGs.

Rather than try and simplify an existing RTG design, or rethink one through a series of incremental modifications to existing concepts, the company brainstormed its entire approach from scratch.