Netherlands-based terminal operator, APM Terminals (APMT) has placed an order for 16 new rubber-tyre gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an ongoing programme of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout its global terminal network.
Twelve of the machines are scheduled for delivery to the company’s facility in Algeciras, Spain, while the remaining four are destined for Apapa, Nigeria, with delivery in one year.
The new 16-wheeled RTGs, to be manufactured by Konecranes, will offer a lifting capacity of 41 tonnes, and the ability to manoeuvre containers into stacks five containers high.
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