Global Ports increases terminal capacity with two ZPMC RMG cranes

Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), a Global Ports Group subsidiary, has received two new ZPMC rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes which will increase the total capacity of the terminal’s storage yard to 27,000 TEU.

Global Ports said the new cranes will be put into operation in August 2021 and will be installed in berths 5 and 6, where the modernisation of two container storage yards with a total area of 23,000 sqm has been completed.

The installation of the new equipment, with a stacking height of 6+1, will double the capacity of the yards from 2,500 TEU to 5,000 thousand TEU.

The RMG cranes were delivered to VSC from China on a specialised cargo vessel. The gantries will be unloaded and transferred to the operating area by the end of June 2021.

Once the gantries are on their permanent tracks, ZPMC engineers will start the set up work, due to be completed by the end of August 2021.

The technical work required to set up the new RMGs will not interfere with VSC’s day-to-day operations.

Ilia Dolgiy, Аcting Managing Director of VSC, said, “The reconstruction of storage yards, creation of universal infrastructure and handling equipment upgrade will increase the capacity and productivity of the terminal, bringing benefits to our customers and allowing us to handle an increased cargo traffic in the Far East of Russia.”

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