Kalmar E-RTGs for Derince port

The US and Japan are moving much closer together as the US looks to move quickly to remove China as a supplier of infrastructure and other systems it deems as critical infrastructure and/or a cyber security risk.

“Alternative drives and automation were key topics in the maritime cranes product segment” Liebherr said in its review of 2023.

Japanese OEM records a 48.8% increase in orders received by its Logistics Systems business as large RTG orders roll in.

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has concluded seven-year agreements with equipment manufacturers, including Kalmar, Liebherr, Konecranes and ZPMC, that will ensure spare parts for its various pieces of cargo handling equipment, most notably the STS cranes, RTGs and straddle carriers, are supplied.

Transnet has bought seven refurbished rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Los Angeles, which are expected to be deployed in mid-December and probably at Cape Town’s Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT).

The machines, previously deployed at the now defunct DP World concession in the Spanish port, have been acquired for Kerry Siam Sea Port in the port of Sriracha