Konecranes will supply four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to the Russian cargo terminal OJSC Petrolesport in St. Petersburg.
The units will be delivered at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the orders.
This is Konecranes' fourth RTG order from Petrolesport. Of the previously ordered 11 RTGs, five are in operation and six are being manufactured. Petrolesport is one of the largest stevedoring companies in the port of St. Petersburg and part of the Severstaltrans Group, a leading operator on the transport services market in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltics.
The cranes will be used for flexible and high capacity container handling. The 16-wheel RTGs have a lifting capacity of 50t and can stack one over five containers high and six wide plus a truck lane.
Aku Lehtinen, director, RTG cranes, said: "We are very happy about this order as it shows that Petrolesport is satisfied with the product and our cooperation. Konecranes RTGs have been very successful in the fast growing Russian container ports with 20 RTGs sold in 2007, and this order supports the outlook for continued success."