Konecranes RTGs head for Vancouver
Konecranes is to deliver four rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to GCT Canada Limited Partnership’s Deltaport facility at Port Metro Vancouver – the company’s first RTG delivery to the West Coast of Canada.
The CSA-approved, hydraulics-free Konecranes RTGs on order are 16-wheel machines with a lifting capacity of 40 tonnes, lifting 1-over-5 high and 7-plus-truck lane wide. They will be equipped with a Tier 4f diesel genset and Konecranes’ Diesel Fuel Saver technology. They will also be equipped with the company’s Active Load Control system, which eliminates container sway to increase container handling performance.
“After extensive investigation of RTG suppliers and configurations, Konecranes’ 16-wheel RTGs were selected. We believe the solution offers our operations the optimal balance of safety, performance, and quality to best service our customers,” said Eric Waltz, president, GCT Canada.
Each Konecranes RTG will have a Crane Management System (CMS) that will be linked with a Remote CMS system in GCT Deltaport’s central maintenance building. The company says this will allow simultaneous monitoring of all the cranes with implications for improving maintenance. Additional hardware will be installed in the cranes to enable communication between the cranes and GCT Deltaport’s Terminal Operating System (TOS).
The cranes will be delivered fully-erect in the spring of 2016.
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