Two more quay cranes, adapted to handle ocean-going vessels, have arrived at the Baltic Container Terminal. They will join two similar units that arrived in Gdynia last December.
Manufactured at the Chinese Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries facilities, the cranes arrived in Gdynia on board the vessel “Zhen Hua 27”. Like the “Gdynka” and “Gdynek” delivered in December, they have an outreach of over 50 m and are over 60 m high. In practice, this allows for the handling of ships with 19 rows of containers, which translates to a capacity of approximately 13,000 TEU.
– Larger and larger vessels are appearing in the Baltic. This month, the largest container ship in Gdynia’s history called at our port, and everything indicates that it will be a more frequent guest here – says Krzysztof Szymborski, CEO of BCT. – This requires us to increase both our handling potential and efficiency so that we can handle increasing volumes of containers as quickly as possible.
The purchase of the new cranes is part of an investment program underway since 2012, which will allow for an increase in its handling potential by more than half. As part of the investment, four new quay cranes (the previous two were delivered last December), rail cranes, yard cranes, and handling equipment were purchased. New IT systems managing transshipments were also implemented, and the surface of the storage yards was replaced.