Cargo Business Newswire

Friday, December 20, 2013

DP World accepts 4 ship-to-shore quay cranes at Jebel Ali terminal

Four of the largest and most modern ship-to-shore quay cranes in the world were delivered at DP World's new Jebel Ali Container Terminal 3, due to open in 2014.

This is the first batch of 19 quay cranes scheduled to arrive over the next few months and installed on the 6,000-foot-long, 55-foot-deep quayside at the 4-million-TEU capacity terminal. They join the first four of 50 rail-mounted gantry cranes that arrived there last month.

Each quay crane is over 452 feet tall at full boom extension.

"As customers order larger vessels and seek world class hub ports to handle their fleets, development of port infrastructure to handle these giant vessels is a major requirement," said Mohammad Al Muallem, senior vice president and managing director of DP World, UAE Region. "These cranes and our new container terminal will strengthen Jebel Ali's position as the most efficient and modern gateway for cargo in the UAE, GCC and the wider Middle East region."

There will be 98 quay cranes in total at Jebel Ali once all cranes on order are in place.

For more of the Gulf News story: gulfnews.com