23.01.2019
Artikel Nummer: 26023
Belfast Container Terminal orders new RGTs
The Belfast Container Terminal (BCT) in Northern Ireland has ordered eight automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes (AutoRTGs) from Kalmar. Delivery is scheduled to commence at the end of 2019.
BCT is owned by and located in Belfast Harbour and is operated under concession by Irish Continental Group. Belfast Harbour is Northern Ireland's principal maritime gateway, handling approximately 70% of Northern Ireland's seaborne trade and 20% of the trade for the island of Ireland as a whole.
The AutoRTG system will replace the manually operated rail-mounted gantry crane (RMG) system currently in use at the terminal. Facilitation of trade between the UK and the EU states via Ireland is a subject of heated discussions at present. (kd)