Rijeka Gateway Future Container Terminal, Croatia

Rijeka Gateway ordered 15 Liebherr electric rubber tyre gantry cranes (ERTGs) and two rail mounted gantry cranes (RMG).

All the cranes are emission-free and will be operated using Liebherr’s remote operator stations.

Rijeka Gateway is a joint venture between and APM Terminals (51%) and Enna Logic (49%) and is located on Croatia’s North Adriatic coast.

Liebherr's ERTGs are powered by electric busbar technology with drive-in auto-connect functionality.

The elimination of all hydraulics and the utilisation the Liebherr Liduro Power Port, a mobile lithium-ion battery that provides power for cross-travelling between stacks ensures emission free operation, is in line with the terminals’ decarbonisation roadmap.

The electric powered RTGs are supplemented by two RMGs for intermodal handling at the terminal.

“By leveraging remote operations and advanced equipment, the terminal is establishing new benchmarks for operational efficiency, safety, and environmental responsibility in the Adriatic region,” says Declan O’Sullivan, Liebherr’s General Manager Sales.

Port Réunion, Reunion Island

Société De Manutention Et De Consignation Maritime (SOMACOM) has ordered three Kalmar diesel-electric straddle carriers for use at the Ile de la Réunion Terminal.

Port Réunion, the busiest container port in the Indian Ocean, is on the west coast of Réunion Island.

It is the island’s only port, located some 20 km from the island’s capital St Denis. Its fleet already includes Kalmar straddle carriers, reachstackers, forklifts and empty container handlers.

Priscilla Damour, SOMACOM chief executive officer, says: “Kalmar equipment has always delivered in terms of performance and availability. We are confident that the new units will continue this trend and ensure that our fleet helps us to deliver the best possible service for our customers at Réunion.”

Port of Salalah, Oman

The first four ZPMC ship-to-shore cranes have been delivered

As part of a USD300 million container terminal upgrade, the Port of Salalah has received the first four of 10 new ZPMC ship-to-shore cranes.

Once the project is completed in the first quarter of 2025, annual capacity at the terminal will increase from 5 million to 6 million TEU.

Strategically located on the major East-West Shipping Lane, the Port of Salalah is viewed as one of the region's best located ports for access to the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and East Africa.

The new fully electric cranes are among the largest equipment of their kind in the world. With a 75 m outreach - longer than an Airbus A380 plane - they can handle vessels 26 containers deep.

A lifting height of 58 m above the rail and 77 m total hoist height (including below rail) and a rated capacity under spreader of 65 tonnes mean they are capable of serving the largest Ultra Large Container Vessels currently in operation.

The Port of Salalah was already ranked as the second most efficient container port in the world for the second year in a row in the 2023 Container Ports Performance Index (CPPI).

This new equipment, combined with the ongoing implementation of Lean practices to shave precious seconds and minutes off each activity, is expected to raise levels of efficiency even further and offer industry leading port stay times.