Tanger Med's TC3 exploits full capacity
Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med in Morocco has enhanced its equipment. The terminal has just received the final two of eight Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. They entered service in April 2021 and bring the operational capacity of the new terminal - which combines a quay length of 800 m, a terminal area of 360,000 sqm and a water depth of 18 m - to over 1.5 million teu per annum.
The cranes, which are the first Liebherr STS at Tanger Med, were build up at a remote site in Cadiz, Spain before being shipped two at a time to Morocco. The first units arrived in October 2020, with four more following in quick succession, allowing the terminal to open for business with the first six STS cranes in January 2021.
The cranes have an outreach of 72 m, a lift height over rail of 54 m, a span of 30.48 m and a backreach of 22 m. The safe working load under twin-lift spreader is 65 t.
Liebherr Container Cranes contracted with ALE Heavylift Madrid (later Mammoet) to assist with the assembly and transportation of the cranes. The cranes bring to a dozen the number of Liebherr STS cranes in Morocco with four cranes already in operation in Casablanca. (cd)