Konecranes BOXHUNTER RTG arrives in the Caribbean
In April 2017, the Port Authority of the Cayman Islands signed a contract with Konecranes for the delivery of two Konecranes BOXHUNTER RTGs. The cranes will be delivered to the Port of George Town in mid-2018. The parties involved have agreed not to disclose the value of the deal.
This will be the first BOXHUNTER RTG delivery to the Caribbean. This deal is strategically important, explains Alfredo Ramirez, Konecranes Sales Manager, Americas: “This deal follows upon our first BOXHUNTER RTG deal in South America. It shows there’s a real need for this kind of innovative container crane in the Americas.”
The BOXHUNTER RTGs will be used for container handling at an inland terminal a few kilometers from the sea port at George Town. The Port Authority of the Cayman Islands was convinced by the BOXHUNTER’s performance, ease of operation, and ease of delivery. BOXHUNTER is delivered in regular shipping containers, which was a key consideration in the selection process due to the inland location.
The BOXHUNTER RTGs on order will stack 1-over-6 containers high and 6 containers wide plus truck lane, with a lifting capacity of 40.6t. DGPS Auto-steering, Auto-TOS reporting and Auto-positioning will be included, as well as storm tie-downs.
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment of all makes. In 2016, Group (comparable combined company) sales totaled EUR 3,278 million. The Group has 17,000 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries.
