Tangier Medgate SA – a joint venture formed by Eurogate, Contship Italia, MSC, CMA CGM and COMANAV – has awarded Kalmar an order for 11 E-One rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. The 7+1 wide and 1-over-5 high units, outfitted with Bromma twinlift spreaders and Kalmar’s autosteering and container position verification system, Smartrail®, will be delivered by May 2008. The order was received in June this year.
The RTGs are destined for the Tangier Medgate Terminal at the brand new Tangier Mediterranean Port – located at the crossroads of the major East-West and North-South container shipping routes. Morocco’s greenfield port and intermodal site will offer world class services and state-of-the-art facilities when it opens in July 2008.
Domenico Bagalà, Tangier Medgate SA Managing Director, comments on the decision to buy from Kalmar: “As a modern facility and terminal, our decision was influenced by Kalmar’s ability to provide proven, intelligent software that will help aid efficiency and minimise driver error. The Kalmar E-One was the perfect solution to fulfill our need for high productivity combined with minimal environmental impact.”
Tangier Mediterranean Port, a project which began in 2002 and cost more than USD 2 billion to build, features an oil storage facility, a cereals terminal, a passenger port and a container terminal with a capacity of three million containers. The government plans to spend up to USD 18 billion to improve the area’s infrastructure, putting it in a position to take advantage of Morocco’s status as the only North African country with free trade agreements with the United States and the European Union.
The RTGs are destined for the Tangier Medgate Terminal at the brand new Tangier Mediterranean Port – located at the crossroads of the major East-West and North-South container shipping routes. Morocco’s greenfield port and intermodal site will offer world class services and state-of-the-art facilities when it opens in July 2008.
Domenico Bagalà, Tangier Medgate SA Managing Director, comments on the decision to buy from Kalmar: “As a modern facility and terminal, our decision was influenced by Kalmar’s ability to provide proven, intelligent software that will help aid efficiency and minimise driver error. The Kalmar E-One was the perfect solution to fulfill our need for high productivity combined with minimal environmental impact.”
Tangier Mediterranean Port, a project which began in 2002 and cost more than USD 2 billion to build, features an oil storage facility, a cereals terminal, a passenger port and a container terminal with a capacity of three million containers. The government plans to spend up to USD 18 billion to improve the area’s infrastructure, putting it in a position to take advantage of Morocco’s status as the only North African country with free trade agreements with the United States and the European Union.