DECEMBER 2022 | NEWS
GPA ORDERS 12 KONECRANES RTGS FOR THE PORT OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
T
he Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the USA has ordered 12 Konecranes RTGs for the Port of Savannah, Georgia.
Once operational, the Port of Savannah will operate a fleet of 234 Konecranes RTGs. Konecranes booked the order in Q3 2022, and the cranes will be delivered by the end of 2024. The Port of Savannah already operates
198 Konecranes RTGs with another 24 on order, making it the largest RTG fleet in the USA. The GPA is experiencing significant growth, moving an all-time monthly high of 528,300 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July. “Our expansion program is proceeding
well, and this order for 12 Konecranes RTGs will support our productivity and continuing growth. Konecranes is our go-to partner for container handling equipment and has been for over 25 years,” said Griff Lynch, executive director, GPA.
The 12 RTGs on order are diesel- electric machines with built-in readiness for electric operation via cable reels. They are high-performance, 16-wheel RTGs with a lifting capacity of 40 tons, a stacking height of 1-over-5, and a stacking width of 6 plus truck lane wide. They will be equipped with
Konecranes’ Active Load Control system, which prevents container sway. The Auto-steering feature is included, which keeps the cranes on a pre-programmed, straight driving path. They will also have Konecranes’ TruConnect remote monitoring system. “The Port of Savannah is an American success story for the state of Georgia and the entire USA. The Port of Savannah and Konecranes have been growing together in a mutually beneficial relationship, which continues with this RTG delivery,” added Jussi Suhonen, VP, regional sales, Port Solutions, Konecranes.
In other news, The Information
Technology for European Advancement (ITEA), part of the EUREKA cluster program, a Europe-wide research and development initiative, has awarded the Konecranes-led research project OPTIMUM with a Special Award of Excellence in all three nomination categories: Innovation, Standardization and Market Impact. The OPTIMUM ITEA research project, launched in 2017, focused on greater efficiency, data security and usability in future smart factories, with 17 consortium partners from six countries. The project far exceeded expectations,
creating 12 full-time jobs, 43 university papers, discovering ways to improve the competitiveness of the industry and the development of a global uniform OPC UA (Open Platform Communication Unified Architecture) specification for cranes and hoists, said Anja Fischer, project leader, Demag, part of Konecranes group. ●
26 | December 2022 | Dockside Lift & Move Supplement
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