Petrolesport (part of Global Ports) plans to put into operation in November this year a new Ship-To-Shore (STS) container crane, which can handle ships of Panamax class. The crane has a load capacity of 50 tons under the spreader and performance up to 40 movements per hour. The new crane will be operational in November 2010 at the deep-water berth N46, the stevedore company’s press service said.
The crane was delivered on Sept.24 to the terminal by Finland-flagged Protector tug and Scanbarge barge. The STS crane is the seventh shore crane to be operated at the container terminal of Petrolesport.
According to marketing director of Petrolesport Alexander Svetlichniy, the acquisition of new equipment was carried out as part of the company's investment program aimed at developing the production capacities of specialized terminals of the company.
Petrolesport (PLP JSC), part of Global Ports Group, is a stevedoring company operating at the Big Port of St. Petersburg. The company provides services for handling a broad range of goods (refcontainers, Ro-Ro cargo, timber, general cargo). PLP JSC is a leading private company in container handling in the North-West region of Russia.
Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies of the leading operators of container terminals in Russia. GPI is Included in the N-Trance Group, the largest private operator on the transport market in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries.
GPI terminals are located in the Baltic and the Far Eastern basin. GPI manages three Russian container terminals (Petrolesport, Moby Dick in St. Petersburg and the Eastern Stevedoring Company at the port of Vostochny) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Helsinki, Multi-Link Kotka). Currently, GPI is implementing a project to develop a Yanino dry terminal near St. Petersburg.
The crane was delivered on Sept.24 to the terminal by Finland-flagged Protector tug and Scanbarge barge. The STS crane is the seventh shore crane to be operated at the container terminal of Petrolesport.
According to marketing director of Petrolesport Alexander Svetlichniy, the acquisition of new equipment was carried out as part of the company's investment program aimed at developing the production capacities of specialized terminals of the company.
Petrolesport (PLP JSC), part of Global Ports Group, is a stevedoring company operating at the Big Port of St. Petersburg. The company provides services for handling a broad range of goods (refcontainers, Ro-Ro cargo, timber, general cargo). PLP JSC is a leading private company in container handling in the North-West region of Russia.
Global Ports Investments Plc (GPI) is a group of companies of the leading operators of container terminals in Russia. GPI is Included in the N-Trance Group, the largest private operator on the transport market in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries.
GPI terminals are located in the Baltic and the Far Eastern basin. GPI manages three Russian container terminals (Petrolesport, Moby Dick in St. Petersburg and the Eastern Stevedoring Company at the port of Vostochny) and two container terminals in Finland (Multi-Link Helsinki, Multi-Link Kotka). Currently, GPI is implementing a project to develop a Yanino dry terminal near St. Petersburg.