QUẢNG NAM : Chu Lai International Port belonging to Trường Hải International Logistics Limited Liability Company (THILOGI) has installed a new specialised crane system that costs more than VNĐ400 billion (US$15.7 million).
This marks another milestone investment in upgrading specialised equipment in the port’s development strategy to improve its loading and unloading capacity, increase the efficiency of the logistics service chain, and meet the constantly rising demand for transshipment of goods through seaports in the central region.
A ceremony was held on May 16 in Quảng Nam Province to hand over two ship-to-shore (STS) and three rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to the port, with the former being installed at terminal No.2 and the latter at the rear container yard.
Doosan Vina and THACO Industries manufactured the STS cranes from design and have transferred their operating techniques.
They are capable of loading and unloading 40-tonne containers with a reach of 40 metres, and are suitable for 50,000 DWT container ships.
The STS cranes together with the existing Liebherr cranes help speed up cargo handling by nearly 50 per cent by raising loading and unloading capacity to 100 containers per hour, an increase of 60 containers compared to before when these cranes were not in use.
