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The (WACT), Onne, has acquired 15 new Kone Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) to enhance service delivery at its terminal in Onne Port, Rivers State.
The Commercial Manager of WACT, Mr. Noah Sheriff, who confirmed this in a statement issued by the company said the first batch of six RTGs has arrived at WACT, Onne.
WACT, he added, had commenced training operators of the highly technical cranes, which are the first in Nigeria’s eastern ports.
“We expect to deploy this first set of RTGs into operations in May 2021. Awareness campaign with the trucking community is also ongoing, ”he said.
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The West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne has acquired 15 new Kone Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) to enhance service delivery at its terminal in Onne Port, Rivers State. The first batch of six RTGs has arrived at WACT, Onne. The Commercial Manager of WACT, Mr Noah Sheriff, who confirmed this in a statement issued by the company, on Monday, said the concessionaire had commenced training operators of the highly technical cranes, which are the first in Nigeria’s eastern ports.
“We expect to deploy this first set of RTGs into operations in May 2021. Awareness campaign with the trucking community is also ongoing,” he said.
India delivers 2 cranes for Chabahar port
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Amid talks with Iranian authorities, signals push for completion of project
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Working together: India and Iran signed a bilateral pact for $85 million in May 2016, to equip Chabahar port.
Amid talks with Iranian authorities, signals push for completion of project
In its latest push to develop Iran’s Chabahar port project, India handed over two 140-tonne cranes for loading and unloading equipment to the Iranian government on Sunday.
The cranes, part of a full consignment of six Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) worth about $25million were sourced from Italy and formally released at a ceremony at Chabahar’s Shahid Beheshti port after official talks between India and Iran.
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India strengthens cargo handling capacity of Chabahar Port in Iran
21 January 2021
India has supplied a consignment of two mobile harbour cranes (MHC) to Iran’s Chabahar port, with a total contract value of over $25 million under a contract agreement for supply of 6 MHC. The consignment of cranes arrived from Marghera port, Italy has been unloaded at at Chabahar port and is currently undergoing trial runs.
With 140 metric tonnes lifting capacity, multipurpose equipment and accessories, Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) will enable India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) to provide seamless services for container, bulk and general cargo at Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar.