Konecranes nets STS orders
Konecranes is to supply three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes to PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III’s (Persero) PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS).
The STS cranes are high-performance cranes with a lifting capacity of 60 tonnes and an outreach of 46m, meaning TPS will be able to handle larger vessels following the completion of the Surabaya West Access Channel improvement.
“We are currently delivering two large Automated Stacking Crane (ASC) systems to Pelindo III, one to Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya with inauguration this May, and another consisting of Automated RTGs to PT Terminal Petikemas Semarang (TPKS) in Central Java,” said Janne Eklund, sales manager APAC, port cranes, Konecranes.
“We are deepening our cooperation with Konecranes as our container handling equipment supplier,” added Hussein Latief, director, technology, Pelindo III. “We continue to see advantages in doing so, including in service support for our operations.”
When the cranes are in operation, TPS will have a total of seven Konecranes STS cranes and 16 Konecranes RTG cranes.
The terminal is an important gateway to East Java, with many shipping routes, and belongs to the Pendulum of the Archipelago, a central government project that is interlinking six major Indonesian seaports to form a single main sea corridor in the country. When operational, it is projected that the Pendulum of the Archipelago will cut the cost of domestic logistics by up to half.
Delivery is scheduled for the end of 2016.
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