Equipment enhanced at MCT
Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), which serves as International Container Terminal Services Inc’s (ICTSI) container handling facility in Misamis Oriental in the southern Philippines, is going to employ two Mitsui hybrid rubber tired gantries (RTG) for the first time.
The new deliveries extend the current RTG fleet to six units. The Mitsui hybrids are powered by a combination of a lithium-ion battery and a smaller diesel engine, unlike conventional RTGs that run 100% on fossil fuel. MCT is also set to take delivery of a new side lifter within the year.
To improve vessel-handling capability, MCT has purchased a mobile harbour crane that will arrive by H1/2023. It will complement MCT’s two quay cranes and enable the simultaneous handling of two longer vessels. (sh)