APMT AND ZPMC ALLIANCE
Global port operator, APM Terminals (APMT) and equipment manufacturer, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC) have confirmed a new strategic alliance with a key focus on automation.
A major component of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is an order for 18 ship-toshore (STS) gantry cranes and nine yard cranes, plus a production reservation for a further 25 STS cranes and 62 yard units in the future.
The development and deployment of automated container terminal equipment is a key focus of the new arrangement, which sits comfortably within APMT’s recorded strategy of, “Safer, Better, Bigger.”
Morten Engelstoft, CEO, APMT, explains: “With this alliance, we are leveraging our 23 year-long relationship more effectively, in which APM Terminals demonstrates strong commitment towards ZPMC and in return receives prioritisation of factory capacity, access to the best resources, active involvement in product development according to our needs and a commitment to maintain the relationship on a long-term basis.”
The foundation stones of this relationship are already visible with ZPMC’s automated equipment in use across the APMT portfolio, including at Tanger-Med (Morocco), Lazaro Cardenas (Mexico) and at its new Vado Ligure operation in Italy. There is also a pilot programme underway in Aarhus (Denmark) utilising ZPMC’s Automated Straddle Carriers.
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