By VG Cabuag
Reporter
PORT operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. said it rolled out a new cargo-handling equipment in its facility in Madagascar, including a $4-milliion Gottwald heavy-duty mobile crane and a Bromma twin-lift spreader able to lift two 20-foot containers simultaneously.
“The twin-lift facility, believed to be the first introduced into service in the region, is designed to meet the challenge of the larger vessel sizes being introduced into service in Asian trades where there is a high concentration of import 20-foot containers in one hatch,” said a company statement.
The new mobile crane offers a maximum outreach of 51 meters, which is in excess of Madagascar International Container Terminal Services Ltd.’s current requirement of 41 meters with vessels possessing 13 rows of container across on deck.
ICTSI said its total investment in the port since it took over the Toamasina container terminal in 2005 had reached $36 million, which includes quay rehabilitation, upgrade of the terminal area and an electrification project.
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