Rotterdam's ECT places order for 42 AGVsHutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) has ordered 42 Li-ion AGVs and automated charging stations from Konecranes.
Konecranes, which describes the order as an Automated Horizontal Transport System (AHTS), say it was booked through Q1 and Q2 this year and will help the terminal transition to fully electric operations.
It’s not the first time ECT has ordered AGVS from Konecranes, having signed a deal for 96 diesel-electric gottwald AGVs in 2005.
The latest order also includes a battery management system, which collects and stores operational and charging data.
The newly-ordered AGVs have been designed for fully automated container handling and will operate alongside the existing diesel-powered AGV fleet.
Ralf Konnerth, Konecranes’ director automated horizontal transport, says: “This deal underlines two decades of operational success for Konecranes Gottwald AGVs at the ECT Euromax terminal. Konecranes is ready to further support the terminal’s modernisation journey for the next 20 years, with electrification in full focus.”
ECT operates the ECT Delta terminal and the ECT Euromax terminal, both located at the Maasvlakte, on the North Sea. It handles the majority of containers at the Port of Rotterdam and opened the world’s first automated terminal - the Delta Dedicated North Terminal - in 1983.