MARCH 2022 | NEWS
LIEBHERR TO SUPPLY FOUR STS AND 12 RTGS TO OMAN
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iebherr Container Cranes has secured a contract to supply four STS and 12 RTGs to The Port of Duqm in Oman, to be
delivered in late 2022. The Port of Duqm development
is a greenfield project and is part of the ambitious SEZAD project (Special Economic Zone of Authority at Duqm). The facility is centrally located overlooking the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. The port has been designed to be a multi-purpose commercial gateway and is destined to become one of the largest ports in the region. It is being developed into an
integrated, multimodal logistics hub and is well connected via road, rail and air. The cranes will allow the port to handle
the world’s largest container vessels as it expands its existing cargo and bulk services with container handling. “Liebherr has for many years supplied STS and RTG cranes throughout the Middle East, but these will be the first Liebherr container cranes in Oman.
These are also our first cabinless and automated cranes in the region and we look forward to seeing the cranes being deployed, and playing the lead role in expanding the services offered by the Port,” said Gerry Bunyan, MD, sales, Liebherr Container Cranes. “The new Liebherr cranes have been designed with the future in mind. “Their size and the extensive
automation features will ensure that the Port of Duqm will be able to efficiently, safely and predictably handle the world’s largest container vessels for many years to come.”
The STS container cranes will be capable of handling the world’s largest container vessels and feature an outreach of 71m, a back reach of 18m and a lift height over rail of 50m. The cranes have a safe working
load of 65 tons under twinlift spreader. Supplied without a cabin the cranes will be operated utilising a combination of remote control and automation. Automation will take care of the majority
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of the cycle with operator intervention only required when operating below a predefined safe height. Each Liebherr STS will be connected
to its own dedicated ROS. The centrally located remote operation facility will also host the ROS for control of the automated RTGs. The cabinless RTGs feature automation over the stack with remote control only required for container pick or place from the truck trailers, or for exception handling. Four ROS operators will operate the twelve RTGs. The diesel powered RTGs can stack eight containers and a truck lane wide and one over 6 containers high. Data communications in the container yard will be handed by a mesh network. This decentralised system sees multiple access points positioned throughout the yard providing a high speed and stable data network delivering the required latency and high bandwidth communication necessary for remote control. ●
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