Business & Money | Thursday 19 October, 2017 2:29 am |

Red Sea Gate Terminal (RSGT), the flagship container docking terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port, has announced the arrival of Four of the world’s largest and most modern ship-to-shore quay cranes at Jeddah enabling it to continue Islamic Port to accommodate growing volumes and increasing vessel size.

 

The super post panama cranes were produced by ZPMC which also supplies RTG’s for the expansion at a total cost of USD 35 million.

 

The four new quay cranes will be in addition to the Ten already operational cranes at Red Sea Gateway terminal.

 

"By investing in our state-of-the-art infrastructure, we are further establishing Red Sea Gateway Terminal as one of the best equipped and most technologically advanced terminal sports on the Asia Europe trade lane," said Managing Director Jens O. Floed.

 

He added: "We have constantly invested in capacity at our Jeddah terminal to meet the rapidly expanding needs of our customers. These new super post panama cranes will contribute to positioning Red Sea Gateway Terminal as the natural hub for the transshipment in the region. Red Sea Gateway Terminal remains the only terminal in Jeddah with the outreach and depth to handle the largest vessels on the route."

 

 “We remain committed to providing our customers quality services and have long term development plans for Red Sea Gateway Terminal. This includes expanding our terminal in line with market demand and our customers need for larger and deeper facilities,” said Floed.

 

Red Sea Gateway Terminal is with this investment and now 12 super post panama cranes out of 14 taking the next step in its domestic growth strategy. Red Sea Gateway Terminal is as well evaluating selected international projects in order to fore fill its growth strategy.