JSC “Fourth Stevedoring Company” forms part of the largest group of stevedoring companies in St. Petersburg and is a new customer for Konecranes with regards to STS and RTG cranes. The container terminal on the territory of JSC “Fourth Stevedoring Company” currently under construction is expected to have an annual capacity of 350,000 TEUs by 2009 when the first stage is launched. By 2011 throughput is expected to increase to 1,400,000 TEUs.
“The Russian market is one of the world’s fastest-growing markets,” said Tuomas Saastamoinen, sales and marketing director, port cranes at Konecranes. “This order and previous orders from St. Petersburg and Baltic ports over recent months confirms our leading position in the area.”
The four Panamax STS container cranes offer efficient loading and unloading of Panamax-sized vessels. They have a lifting capacity of 50t, an outreach of 38m and are equipped with Konecranes AC electrical control system. The 10 16-wheel RTGs have a lifting capacity of 50t and can stack one over five containers high and seven wide plus a truck lane.
Konecranes has been building a local presence in Russia for several years. Special emphasis has been put on service in order to ensure strong customer support, it said.
