Productivity ‘lift’ for Durban

Another part of Transnet’s mega-project for upgrading the Port of Durban got closer to completion this month when Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) took delivery of three brand new tandem lift shipto- shore (STS) cranes built by China-based Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC). They are a first of their kind in Africa and the largest deployed at any container terminal in the southern hemisphere. These cranes are classed as megamax-sized, capable of handling ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) like the world’s present largest, CMA CGM’s 16 020 TEU capacity Marco Polo, and Maersk Line’s 15 000-TEU ships of the Emma Maersk class. “These cranes are capable of servicing the latest generation container vessels with a span of 24 containers across the deck,” said TPT’s GM of capital projects, Logan Naidoo. CAPTION TPT’s Logan Naidoo, Hector Danisa and Boysie Mthembu welcomed the Zhen Hua 27 vessel carrying the mega cranes to the Port of Durban.