FEBRUARY 2018 US fabrication for Konecranes RMGs The steel structures for the and trolley, plus the spreader and The drives and controls for cranes), and multiple US ports eight new Konecranes widespan headblock. The gantry structures the GPA RMGs will be supplied for mobile harbour cranes. Im- RMGs ordered by the Georgia are not, however, included in by TMEIC, which is headquar- portantly, there is no blanket Ports Authority (GPA) for its the waiver, and Konecranes con- tered in Roanoke (VA), and is a waiver for container cranes as a Mason Mega Rail project will be firmed that these will be manu- wholly owned subsidiary of Ja- class, and a separate waiver must fabricated in the USA. factured in the US, but declined pan’s Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric be sought for each purchase that The Mason Mega Rail project to name the fabricator at this stage. Industrial Systems Corporation. uses any federal grant, for the full received a US$44M grant from The RMGs are very large, TMEIC is also supplying drives price or part of it. the US Government’s FAST- with a span of 53.34m, and to the GPA for new and retrofit The question of whether to LANE programme. This funding 16.7m cantilevers. Capacity is STS cranes, and the RMG drives fabricate RMGs in the US will is subject to a ‘Buy America’ re- 40t, and lifting height is 11m. will have many common parts. come up every time. In the cur- quirement that stipulates a “do- WorldCargo News believes that The decision to use a US fab- rent political climate, where the Fully erect delivery of new cranes has become a familiar site in Savannah, but mestic manufacturing process” these will be the biggest contain- ricator sets an important prece- Trump administration is trying structures for the port’s eight new RMGs will be fabricated in the USA for the steel and iron products. er cranes made in the US since dent. In recent years, Buy Amer- to reduce steel imports through As discussed on page 32, the Morris Material Handling built ica waivers have been sought tariffs to strengthen the US do- will also exclude steel structures federal grant funding. In a new GPA has obtained two separate an RMG for the Port of Everett and obtained by the Palmetto mestic steel industry, Buy Amer- that can be fabricated in the US. development, Sany has reported waivers for most of the crane com- in 2008. That crane had an 85ft Railroad for its purchase of four ica waivers face much greater This does not, however, pre- its first ever order for RTGs in ponents, and some of the structur- span, and was fabricated in Ta- widespan RMGs, Port Newark scrutiny, and it can be expected vent US crane buyers importing North America. The customer is al assemblies including the bogies coma by Jesse Engineering. Container Terminal (two STS that future waiver applications cranes purchased without any Union Pacific Railroad. TSB for Cosco automation project APMT to monetise facilities Korean software specialist TSB and 24 ASCs for the new termi- were already in place, and the APM Terminals is to sell stakes in keep control and management, ing its business to third parties. (Total Soft Bank) has won a nal, and all the electrical and au- terminal is expected to open some of its container terminals, but raise cash.” APMT has always had a policy contract to supply the TOS and tomation systems for the cranes in Q1 2019. Capacity will be but will, in all cases, maintain an He added: “Institutional funds of reviewing and cleaning up its related automation software for will be supplied by ZPMC Elec- around 2.5M TEU/year. equity interest of at least 51%, are very interested in port in- portfolio, but it is clear that this Cosco Shipping Ports’ (CSP) new tric (ZPMC EZ). The project is the first ter- and, therefore, management con- frastructure investment and the will be accelerated, with Engelst- terminal at Khalifa, Abu Dhabi. TSB will install the new- minal under a wider corporate trol of them. This is critical, given chance to team up with a pro- oft keen to conclude at least one CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal est version of its CATOS TOS agreement between CSP and that Maersk’s strategy is based on fessional terminal operator like transaction this year. LLC is being developed by CSP, and its ATC (Automated Trans- TSB, concluded in January this creating an integrated transport ourselves, and especially one that In terms of performance, the and will have a 1,200m quay fer Crane) supervisor software year, which TSB described as a and logistics business, in which is associated with a large shipping CEO made it clear to attendees with a depth of 18m alongside, for the yard cranes. CSP held a step to a “more concrete rela- all divisions – liner shipping, ter- line.” that he was not happy with the and the total area will be 70-ha. groundbreaking ceremony for tionship” between the two com- minals and forwarding – support Maersk and its associates, in- 2017 results. He indicated that Last year, ZPMC announced the new terminal in November. panies, and a “win-win partner- each other, and work together. cluding recently acquired Ham- his top priority going forward that it will supply 11 STS cranes The major quay and yard works ship”. Addressing attendees at Mae- burg Süd, will become more would be to cut APMT’s costs rsk’s Capital Markets Day, held important to APMT. The past faster than its competitors. En- in Copenhagen in February, year has, for instance, seen a near gelstoft sees more automation as Morten Engelstoft, CEO of 180-degree change of direction one way of achieving this. APMT, said: “Part of our ob- in APMT’s business strategy. Based on shareholdings in its jective for 2018 is to identify The focus is to support its par- various facilities, APMT handled at least one location where we ent liner company by helping 39.7M TEU in 2017. This was could conclude a monetisation it reduce its costs and raise its up by 6.5% on the previous year, – a high-value terminal where operating efficiency. This means with Maersk Line accounting for we could divest a minority share, less effort on marketing and sell- just over a third of its throughput. Shake up in Nhava Sheva port PSA’s new Bharat Mumbai Con- call at Nhava Sheva, whereas DP from GIT to BMCT this month. tainer Terminals (BMCT) has got World and APM Terminals put PSA said that more services off to a flying start this month. commercial pressure on lines will be announced in the com- BMCT is the fourth container to also make calls at their other ing weeks, and it is pushing to terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru west coast terminals, in order to expand the terminal quickly. Port Trust (JNPT) in Nhava get a berthing window at Nhava Three more STS cranes are due Sheva, India, and was officially Sheva. to arrive this year, followed by opened by Prime Minister Nar- BMCT is already taking busi- another three in 2019. An option endra Modi on 18 February. ness from the incumbents. The to double the RTG order with BMCT opened with 1 km Swahili Express Service between another 18 machines was exer- of quay, six STS cranes (Doosan India and Africa, operated by cised before the first RTGs were Vina), 18 RTGs and four RMGs CMA CGM and Emirates Ship- even delivered. PSA plans to start (both Konecranes Noell). The ping Line, has moved from the on phase 2 construction soon, terminal received its first export JNPT terminal, and Hapag-Lloyd’s which, when completed, would container by road on 29 January, Indian Ocean Service switched double capacity to 4.8M TEU. www.seacom.ch which was followed by exports www.seacom.ch by barge and rail. On 2 February, CMA CGM’s 3,426 TEU CEN- IN THIS ISSUE TAURUS was the first vessel to call. ROLL TRAILERS // GOOSENECKS Hapag-Lloyd’s 10,114 TEU EX- NEWS CONTAINER INDUSTRY ROLL TRAILERS // GOOSENECKS DRAWBAR TRAILERS // CHASSIS PRESS ROME followed on 12 Feb- RAM wins patent fight 2 Good year for box leasing 29 DRAWBAR TRAILERS // CHASSIS LIFT TRAILERS // CASSETTES ruary, and exchanged 3,700 TEU. 40M+ TEU for Shanghai 6 LIFT TRAILERS // CASSETTES PSA is competing against ULCV fleet analysis 12 CARGO HANDLING JNPT’s own terminal, as well as 75% growth for UTLC 13 A snapshot of yard cranes 32 APM Terminals’ Gateway Termi- 40ft flexitanks in reefers 16 First RTGs for Paraguay 33 nals India (GTI) and DP World’s Strainstall VGM for RTGs 34 Nhava Sheva International Con- REGIONAL FOCUS Diversity for busy VDL 35 tainer Terminal (NSICT). Both APM Terminals and DP World China spreads its wings 17 Sarens order for TEC 36 operate other terminals on the CHEC mate in the game 18 Bromma seeks optimisation 37 west cost of India (at Pipavav and Lines in Latin shuffle 19 Tackling crane simulation 38 Mundra, respectively), and of- Brazilian auto boom 20 fer lines calls at both as a pack- French ports extend reach 22 ECO FOCUS age. PSA does not have another Mast lighting with LEDs 39 terminal on the west coast, but REEFER INDUSTRY Is the future all-electric? 40 this could actually work to its Lessor buying takes a dip 23 advantage. An unnamed carrier TWS adds agitators 25 HEAVY LIFT executive was quoted in India’s Active CA win for Daikin 27 Heavy lift, heavy burden 42 Hindu Business Line as saying that Carrier celebrates 50 years 28 Upwards for airfreight 43 SEACOM AG · Querstrasse 5 · CH-8212 Neuhausen Switzerland · Tel: +41 (0) 52 632 04-00 · Fax: +41 (0) 52 632 04-09 the market will welcome PSA SEACOM AG · Querstrasse 5 · CH-8212 Neuhausen Switzerland · Tel: +41 (0) 52 632 04-00 · Fax: +41 (0) 52 632 04-09 SEACOM AG Querstrasse 5 CH 8212 Neuhausen Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 632 04 00 Fax: +41 (0)52 632 04 09 because it offers a standalone CARGO HANDLING NEWS Competition and Consumer Act, purposes lacked novelty, as it did and AMMESA’s patent applica- in respect of correspondence to not involve any inventive steps; tion was refused,” noted RAM.