DP World has further expanded capacity at its flagship Jebel Ali Port with the arrival of eight new giant tandem lift gantry cranes, the biggest of their kind in the world, and twenty rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for phase two of Container Terminal 2.
The new equipment doubles the number of tandem lift cranes and brings the number of RMGs at the terminal to 38.
Six of the tandem lifts and eighteen of the RMGs have been commissioned and are already operational, with the balance due to come on line within the next week. Additional new equipment will be added to the terminal in the coming months.
Once fully operational, which is expected to be in the first quarter of 2009, the second phase of Container Terminal 2 will deploy 29 tandem lift cranes and 60 RMGs. The tandem lift cranes are capable of lifting four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously - a total capacity of 80 tonnes, which is twice that of traditional cranes.
The first phase of Container Terminal 2 was launched in August 2007, which increased the capacity of Jebel Ali Port by 2 million TEU. Once the second phase is launched in Q1 2009, the total capacity of Container Terminal 2 will exceed 5 million TEU, bringing the overall capacity of Jebel Ali Port to 14-15 million TEU.
The new equipment doubles the number of tandem lift cranes and brings the number of RMGs at the terminal to 38.
Six of the tandem lifts and eighteen of the RMGs have been commissioned and are already operational, with the balance due to come on line within the next week. Additional new equipment will be added to the terminal in the coming months.
Once fully operational, which is expected to be in the first quarter of 2009, the second phase of Container Terminal 2 will deploy 29 tandem lift cranes and 60 RMGs. The tandem lift cranes are capable of lifting four 20-foot containers or two 40-foot containers simultaneously - a total capacity of 80 tonnes, which is twice that of traditional cranes.
The first phase of Container Terminal 2 was launched in August 2007, which increased the capacity of Jebel Ali Port by 2 million TEU. Once the second phase is launched in Q1 2009, the total capacity of Container Terminal 2 will exceed 5 million TEU, bringing the overall capacity of Jebel Ali Port to 14-15 million TEU.