Hans Kuenz GmbH: APM Terminals exercises option for 22 ARMGs
Hans Kuenz GmbH: New APM Terminals order brings the total number of Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes to 48 for the new Maasvlakte II
APM Terminals concluded a contract with Austrian-based crane manufacturer Hans Kuenz GmbH in combination with ABB of Sweden for an additional 22 Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs). The order will bolster the yard operation for Phase I of the new 2.7 TEU million annual capacity, deep-water Maasvlakte II terminal which will begin operations in November 2014.
The 30-meter wide ARMGs will use a fully automated technologically advanced system to load and unload containers onto and off of external truck chassis, and onto a fleet of 37 battery-powered Lift Automated Guided Vehicles (Lift AGVs) in what will be the world’s most technologically advanced container terminal with an overall area of 86 hectares.
The initial order of 26 ARMGs was placed in 2012, with the first deliveries made in March 2013. The new order will begin delivery in March 2015 and will continue through mid- 2016. The terminal includes an eight-track intermodal rail terminal to directly link container traffic cargo to inland European destinations. The terminal has been designed specifically to support a modal split ratio of at least 55% of freight moved by low-carbon modalities barge and rail.
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