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Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) operator, Gulftainer, has taken delivery of four Ship to Shore (STS) and 12 Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes. This investment, over US$ 60 million, should significantly strengthen the terminal’s operational efficiency and increase overall productivity.
Steve Ogden, Operations Director of Gulftainer, said: “The addition of these advanced crane systems at KCT underlines our commitment to further strengthen our operations at the terminal. The new STS cranes are not only larger, with a greater outreach, to better cope with giant 18,000 teu and above vessels, they also provide greater flexibility in their operations. This will help speed up the terminal operations and create even better value for our customers.”
With complete PLC (programmable logic control), and featuring user-friendly operator interfaces, the new cranes also have climate-controlled ergonomic operator cabs and consoles to maximize the comfort of the operators, thus boosting performance.
A subsidiary of Crescent Enterprises, Gulftainer also operates the Sharjah Container Terminal at Port Khalid, and has operations at Umm Qasr in Iraq, Recife in Brazil, Tripoli Port in Lebanon and also in Saudi Arabia, where it manages container terminals in Jeddah and Jubail ports. The company has recently signed a 35-year concession with the Canaveral Port Authority in Florida marking Gulftainer’s first venture in the United States.
Gulftainer has also recently been awarded the ROSPA Award 2014 in recognition of its commitment to occupational health and safety standards. Gulftainer‘s UAE Terminals are fully compliant with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 – Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental Management Systems and OHSAS 18001:2007 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
