APMT orders cranes for new Vado terminal

APM Terminals (APMT) has signed an agreement for the construction and delivery of four ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 14 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (ARMGs) for the new APMT Vado terminal now under construction on Italy’s Ligurian coast.

The new facility, the first new major port construction in Italy in several decades, is scheduled to open in January 2018 with an annual throughput capacity of 800,000 teu, and the ability to handle vessels up to 18,000 teu in capacity.

The Italian government is providing €300m (US$341m) for civil works for the project while APMT is investing €150m (US$171m).