Klaipedos Smelte orders with Konecranes

Ten rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes have been ordered by the stevedoring company, which is based in the Lithuanian port, with the products set to be delivered in November and December next year respectively.

The post panamax STS cranes will have an outreach of 52 metres, a lifting capacity of 65 tonnes and a lifting height of 42 metres to allow them to serve the ultra-large containerships planned for the Baltic Sea.

Meanwhile, the RTGs will be 16-wheel machines with a lifting capacity of 40 tonnes, stacking one-over-six containers high and six-plus-truck-lane wide.

They will be powered by gensets, with an efficient fuel-saving system and conductor bar-readiness for future conversion to busbar electric power.

Additionally, they will come with an auto-steering feature and gantry and stack collision-prevention systems.

Roman Ivanov, sales manager for Port Solutions at Konecranes, said: “The new cranes will help Klaipėdos Smeltė to continue growing according to its long-term vision.”

Klaipėdos Smeltė general director Rimantas Juška said: “This repeat order is an important milestone as we grow towards our long-term target of becoming the most efficient container terminal in the eastern Baltic and a 1,000,000-teu transhipment hub.”