Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona (TCB) has ordered two Post Panamax Ship-to-Shore (STS) Container Cranes from Konecranes VLC. Order value is approximately Euro 11m.
Delivery of the new BoxHunter crane design is in March 2003.
The container terminal in Barcelona is part of a growing international container terminal operator group, TCB Group. TCB’s main operations are in Barcelona, Havana, Paranaguá and Tenerife. Of these, Barcelona and Paranaguá are existing Konecranes customers.
The new cranes are an adaptation of the new Konecranes BoxHunter ship to shore container crane and are complete with the manufacturer’s AC drives, Active Anti Sway Control and Horizontal Fine Positioning systems to raise productivity. The new BoxHunter STS cranes will enable the crane operator to reduce the non-productive part of the cycle time. The same technology has already been used in more than 100 Konecranes RTG cranes, according to the manufacturer.
During the last five years, Konecranes has renewed the design of its main container handling equipment. The new STS crane and RTG crane are claimed to be the most productive container handling equipment on the market. All products are supported by KCI Konecranes’ world wide harbour crane maintenance organisation, KCI Koneports.
‘In this market with turbulence KCI Konecranes’ strength lies in its high capacity product range. Also this order, received after the tragic events of September 11, was won on technology’, says Mikko Uhari, managing director, Konecranes VLC Corporation, the harbour and shipyard crane subsidiary. ‘This order further supports a high operating level throughout 2002 stretching into 2003’, he said.
Konecranes VLC is part of the KCI Konecranes Group’s Special Cranes business area and specialises in port, terminal and shipyard cranes.
