Konecranes supplies RTGs to terminals in Spain and Brazil.

Konecranes has received orders for seven rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Spanish operator Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona SL (TCB Group). Four RTGs will be delivered to the group's terminal TCP in Paranagua, Brazil and three to its terminal TCV in Valencia, Spain.

The value of the orders, which will be delivered by the end of 2008, has not been disclosed.

Konecranes says TCB Group is acquiring additional equipment to cope with increased container traffic.

The RTGs can lift up to 50 tonnes and stack one-over-five containers wide and six-plus truck lane wide.

TCB Group project manager Sergio Osete says the RTGs' performance and low operating and maintenance costs were selling points.

"Also, our crane drivers like them very much thanks to the good driving sensation and accurate control given by the 16-wheel configuration and the active load control system."

Separately, Konecranes has acquired full ownership of Spanish crane and service company Eydimen, which has been selling Konecranes-branded industrial cranes in Spain since 2005. Konecranes previously had a 19.2% stake in Eydimen.

Pekka Päkkilä, president of Konecranes Standard Lifting, says the acquisition allows the company to focus on growing the Spanish crane and crane service market.

The company, which employs 15 people, will be renamed Konecranes Gruas SL. The value of the acquisition was not disclosed.