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South Pacific International Container Terminal gets new hybrid RTGs

South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) operation in the Port of Lae, Papua New Guinea, continues to ramp up operations with the acquisition of two brand new Mitsui hybrid …
Oct 25, 2023 / Curious

Port Houston orders 5 more Konecranes RTGs, continuing its hybridization drive

Port Houston in Texas has ordered 5 Konecranes hybrid RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal to support its long-term improvement program covering channel development and land infrastructure investment. The order was booked in Q3 2023, with the …
Sep 18, 2023 / Curious

SSA Marine Converts 9 Diesel-Powered Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes to Electric at the Port of Long Beach Pier J Terminal (Video)

SSA Marine has completed a multi-year project to convert 9 ZPMC diesel-electric 1,000 hp rubber-tired gantry cranes (RTGs) to 100% grid-tied electric. This is the largest deployment of eRTGs in North America and represents 100% of the RTG fleet at …
Oct 31, 2022 / Vessels

Port Houston orders 26 eco-efficient hybrid Konecranes RTGs

Port Houston in Texas, USA, has ordered 14 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal and 12 hybrid Konecranes RTGs for its Bayport Container Terminal. The order supports the port’s expansion as it gets ready to receive larger …
Oct 6, 2022 / Curious

COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals orders 11 Konecranes hybrid RTGs

The terminal operator COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals, (CSP) has ordered 11 eco-efficient hybrid RTGs, with 6 machines for their terminal in Bilbao and 5 for their terminal in Valencia. The order was booked in Q3 2022. The value of the order …
Oct 5, 2022 / Vessels

Georgia Ports Authority orders 12 Konecranes RTGs for the Port of Savannah

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the USA has ordered 12 Konecranes RTGs for the Port of Savannah, Georgia. When these cranes are working, the Port of Savannah will operate a fleet of 234 Konecranes RTGs. Konecranes booked the order in Q3 2022, …
Sep 7, 2022 / Vessels

Konecranes provides 17 Automated Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes in fully integrated solution for Port of Felixstowe

The Port of Felixstowe (Felixstowe), operated by Hutchison Ports, has ordered 17 Automated Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes (ARTGs) from Konecranes. The order was booked in Q4 2021. The ARTGs will be delivered and commissioned in a project covering 3 …
Jan 31, 2022 / Curious

Port of Felixstowe makes major decarbonisation investment

Coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow, Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has announced a major investment in new equipment to help decarbonise its operations. The UK's largest container port has placed orders for 48 battery-powered terminal tractors and …
Nov 9, 2021 / Curious

AAL Delivers 4 RTGs To Port of Oslo

This Summer, AAL Shipping (AAL) delivered four of the largest rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) in the carrier’s history to the Port of Oslo (Oslo Havn KF), Norway. These new generation mobile units, measuring 36 m in height and 28 m in length, were …
Jul 14, 2021 / Vessels

Five hybrid Konecranes RTGs ordered by Norfolk Southern in the US

Norfolk Southern Corporation has ordered five Konecranes hybrid RTGs. Two will go to the Landers Yard intermodal terminal in Chicago, and three will go to the Inman Yard intermodal terminal in Atlanta. This order was booked in December 2020, and the …
Feb 9, 2021 / Curious