ABB will supply automation and electrical systems for 76 terminal cranes, including 16 ship-to-shore units, 58 unmanned rail-mounted gantry cranes, and two intermodal gantry units.
The main contractor for the cranes is Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC), China.
The first phase of the EUROMAX project includes a new 1,500m-long quay and storage yard to accommodate 40,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), each corresponding to a 20ft-long shipping container. The new terminal is designed to handle two million TEU per year, with the potential to double this capacity. The terminal’s deep-water location at the entrance to Rotterdam port and the installation of cranes with an outreach of 64m will permit handling of future Suez-Max class ships with up to 12,500 TEU capacity.
ABB’s scope of supply includes full crane automation and support systems, including controllers and software, low-voltage ac motors and drives, electrical transformers and switchgear.
The EUROMAX terminal will begin operation in phases during 2007 and 2008.
