KAP and Liebherr sign additional STS and RTG contract
Following its initial order for five Liebherr ship-to-shore (STS) and 25 rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for Phase 1 of the Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Port (KAP), located on the Red Sea 88 km north of Jeddah, the crane manufacturer has received a further order for an additional five STS and 24 RTG cranes, to be delivered in two tranches.
The STS cranes will be among the world’s largest, with an operational outreach of 70 m and a lift height over rail of 52 m; they will have a rail span is 35 m and back reach of 18 m, giving a total trolley travel path of 123 m.
The RTG’s will span of 26.45 m, with a lift height of 21 m and will operate on stacks seven containers wide and six high. They will feature DGPS automatic gantry steering, container location identification system, stack anti-collision, and ultrasonic RTG–RTG anti-collision systems.
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