Large vessels calling at Port Metro Vancouver at GCT Deltaport

Konecranes has received another order for six rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from GCT Canada Limited Partnership for its GCT Deltaport facility located in Port Metro Vancouver, Canada. The cranes will be delivered fully erect in the winter of 2017.

The new cranes will take GCT Deltaport's fleet to 12 Konecranes RTGs.

The CSA-approved, hydraulics-free Konecranes RTGs in this repeat order are identical to the RTGs in the first order: 16-wheel machines with a lifting capacity of 40 T, lifting 1-over-5 high and 7-plus-truck lane wide. They will be equipped with a Tier 4f diesel genset and Konecranes' Diesel Fuel Saver technology. The RTGs will also be equipped with Konecranes' Active Load Control system, which eliminates container sway to increase container handling performance.

"After extensive investigation of RTG suppliers and configurations, Konecranes' 16-wheel RTGs were selected," says Eric Waltz, president of GCT Canada. "We believe the solution offers our operations the optimal balance of safety, performance and quality to best service our customers."

Each Konecranes RTG will have a Crane Management System (CMS) that will be linked with a Remote CMS system in GCT Deltaport's central maintenance building. This will allow simultaneous monitoring of all the cranes with implications for improving maintenance. Additional hardware will be installed in the cranes to enable communication between the cranes and GCT Deltaport's Terminal Operating System (TOS).

"We are proud to once again partner with GCT to provide high-capacity, low-emission, LED cranes," says Jussi Suhonen, sales director (Americas) for Konecranes Port Cranes. "These RTGs are an optimal solution to meet GCT's stringent dual requirements to ensure safe and enhanced operational performance in the yard."