Nassau Container Port (NCP) is going green with a new eco-efficient crane it has on order, that is expected to help the port build capacity as throughput levels increase and as it prepares to provide shore power, a article revealed. According to ports and terminals news website Port Technology, the Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane (sixth
Jamaican terminal orders Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane
Kingston Wharves Ltd. (KWL), a terminal operator at the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has ordered an eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 8 Mobile Harbor Crane to increase its capacity and efficiency in container handling and to serve Super-post Panamax vessels, according to Konecranes s release. The order, booked in March 2021, marks KWL’s return as a customer and shows their appreciation of Konecranes quality.
The time had come to add new equipment to KWL’s existing fleet of mobile harbor cranes at their terminal in Kingston. As the Port of Kingston evolves into a major maritime logistics hub of the Caribbean, customers must be confident that KWL will maintain the high standards it has established since its founding in 1945. With this in mind, they ordered a Konecranes Gottwald Model 8 crane, as it will allow them to expand their current container handling capacity and to serve larger vessels. Handover is sched