Container Terminal St Petersburg (CTSP) has actually gotten 2 Konecranes Ship- to-Shore cranes, proceeding a connection that goes back to 2008. When the brand-new cranes remain in solution, CTSP will certainly run a fleet of 6 Konecranes STSs and also 24 Konecranes RTGs. The order was scheduled in December 2020.

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CTSP will certainly obtain the cranes in Q1-Q2 of 2022. They will certainly have the dimension and also outreach to take care of container ships with 16 container rows throughout.

Mr Aleksandr Scherbinin, Managing Director of CTSP stated: “We have been using Konecranes container cranes for a long time, and we have always been satisfied with the crane performance, backed up by excellent local service. When it came time to select new STSs, our choice was relatively easy.”

Given the severe winters months thatSt Petersburg experiences, the cranes will certainly be particularly created for procedure to -40 C. They will certainly have power chains as opposed to festoons for high-speed procedure, better dependability, and also much easier upkeep. The primary girder will certainly have a field-proven trapezoidal form, making it lighter while protecting rigidness. The cranes will certainly additionally have the Konecranes boom accident avoidance system.

Reference: konecranes.com