Port Autonome de la Guadeloupe (PAG) at Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe, has ordered two post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes from Kalmar Industries.

With an outreach of 43 metres, the heavy-duty cranes will be capable of handling 16-wide containerships. The price of the contract was not released.

The cranes are destined for Terminal de Jarry, which has a total quay length of 600 metres and on which three ship-to-shore cranes are already in use.

Kalmar Ship-to-Shore Cranes sales manager Kees Derks said Kalmar had supplied reach stackers, terminal tractors and forklifts to the Port of Guadeloupe in the past.

"We are delighted that PAG has also decided to purchase ship-to-shore cranes from Kalmar. The cranes will be supplied with Bromma separating twin-lift spreaders, thus boosting the terminal's capacity, as well as being designed to withstand hurricane wind speeds of 280km/hour," he said.

The main parameters of the two ship-to-shore cranes are:
Safe working load on ropes/under spreader78/60 tonnes
Outreach 43 metres
Railspan 15 metres
Backreach 25 metres
Hoisting height 33 metres
Hoisting depth 15 metres
Hoisting speed rated load/empty spreader 60/120 metres per minute
Trolley travelling speed 180 metres per minute
Gantry travelling speed 45 metres per minute


Kalmar has also received an order from Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST) for the delivery of two widespan ship-to-shore container cranes for its Beatrixhaven terminal.

RST already operates 11 ship-to-shore cranes in the Port of Rotterdam on a total quay length of 1.5 km. Its annual capacity is 1.2 million TEU.

The two new cranes will be delivered in October and November 2005 and are destined for a new quay extension, due for completion in late 2005.