The terminal will have an eventual capacity of 5M TEU, with up to 2 km of quay, designed to serve ULCVs up to 20,000 TEU.

“Our goal is to use proven technology to create high productivity for our clients on one of the world’s most strategically important trade lanes on the Strait of Gibraltar,” stated Dennis Olesen, managing director of APM Terminals MedPort Tangier. 

The STS cranes will be delivered by ZPMC at the end of 2017, and will feature a second trolley, OCR technology, and “full automation”, with remote crane operators safely located in an office building near the quay. Also due for delivery at the end of 2017, the 32 ASCs will be built by Austria-based Künz and will be deployed in 16 container yard blocks – each serviced by two ASCs.

The project will be Künz’s third ASC terminal (after CTA in Hamburg and MVII in Rotterdam) and the first to feature its new generation ASC, where the main beams are designed with a rounded girder. “This aerodynamic main girder design results in a number of advantages for the operator. A lower wind attack area requires less drive power, which leads to lower energy consumption, and reduces dynamic forces on drive wheels, crane tracks and civil works” Künz said. 

APMT confirmed to WorldCargo News that both the STS cranes and ASCs will have crane control and automation systems from Siemens. It also transpires that one of the new ZPMC cranes at ECT in Rotterdam was delivered with a Siemens full remote control system. 

In the US, Konecranes has disclosed that it has received a “Notice of Intent to Award Contracts” from the Virginia Port Authority. The award covers the 86 ASCs reported last month (WorldCargo News, September 2016, p1), of which 60 are for the redevelopment of Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), and 26 are for the expansion of Virginia International Gateway (VIG). Industry sources indicate that the drives and automation part of the contract will go to TMEIC.

Valued at over €200M, “this will be the largest deal in the history of Konecranes” the company stated.

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