Baltic to be greener

Electric-powered green cable reel rubber-tyred gantry cranes headed for the Baltic have had their emissions slashed by 95%.

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The cable reel RTGs run on mains electricity

In all, 19 of the Konecranes units will be supplied to the National Container Company, most of which are earmarked for Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea.

The units are also equipped with regenerative units, which means that excess electricity can be fed back to the grid.