The Cape Town Container Terminal will have its two new cranes up and running by the first week of October. The terminal, which has been down to only two berths during parts of September due to the slipping forward of the new cranes, will significantly increase capacity with the introduction of the new additions. According to a spokesman for Transnet Port Terminals, the two new cranes are part of the terminal’s ongoing expansion plans. “With the introduction of the two new cranes we will increase TEU capacity from 700 000 to 1.4m,” he said. The project, worth some R5.4bn, saw TPT replacing its old ship-toshore cranes with eight new Liebherr Super Post Panamax cranes with twin lift capability. Six of these have been in place for some time already.
