APM Terminals (APMT) has signed an agreement for the construction and delivery of four ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes and 14 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (ARMG) for the new APMT Vado terminal now under construction on Italy’s Ligurian coast.
The STS cranes are expected for delivery in March of 2017, while the ARMGs are scheduled to arrive in April of that yar.
The new terminal is scheduled to open in January 2018 with an annual throughput capacity of 800 000 TEUs, and the ability to handle vessels up to 18 000 TEUs.
Vessels of up to 14 000 TEUs are now calling the Ligurian coast facilities as larger container ships are introduced into the Far East/Europe trade lane.
The new terminal, which will handle both containerised and liquid bulk cargoes, will be integrated with the existing 275 000 annual TEU capacity of Vado Reefer Terminal facility.
