Valencia, September 7, 2020
As CSP Spain announced last June, it has launched an investment plan for the Port of Valencia for the three-year period 2020-2023, with a projected expenditure of over €62 million. This renewed commitment to the Valencian port is aimed at increasing its competitiveness by improving the services and capacity of its facilities.
Within this investment plan that the company plans to undertake in the next 3 years, are the 6 RTGs that were unloaded last Monday and which will begin to be assembled immediately within the facilities of the CSP Spain Terminal in Valencia.
The main objective of this new machinery addition is to improve service for terminal users. The terminal has a yard area of 145 hectares, thanks to a 15-hectare expansion that became operational last December.
The six new RTGs are wheeled overhead cranes with 135-ton structures. Their main features include a 41-ton lifting capacity, a lifting height of up to 18.1 meters (5+1 containers), a clearance between legs for six containers, and truck access. They are equipped with integrated Siemens controls by Konecranes.
These are state-of-the-art machines, with proven reliability and productivity, already present in the terminals of the Port of Valencia
This is an environmentally friendly piece of equipment, mainly due to its efficient diesel engine with a fuel-saving system, the incorporation of electric mechanisms instead of traditional hydraulic ones, 100% LED lighting, and low maintenance needs.
The equipment will enter service during the last quarter of this year as assembly operations are completed.
Along with this addition of machinery, CSP Spain’s investment plan in Valencia includes the acquisition of 3 “MalaccaMax” cranes, which will arrive from the last quarter of 202, 8 new RTGs that will be added to the 6 already incorporated, the implementation of Navis4 as a new operating system and the purchase of more equipment for handling containers such as Reach stacker or Empty container Handler.
This investment plan, together with the more than 100 million invested in the last 5 years, will allow the port to be more competitive at all levels and increase the operational capacity of the group’s terminal in Valencia by 30% to 5 million TEUs (currently it is approximately 2.5 million).
It is an investment intended to be a stimulus for the sector and an economic boost for the recovery after the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
CSP Spain, present in Spain since 1973, belongs to the CSPL Group, the world’s largest port operator. This business group has more than 46 container terminals worldwide and handles over 90 million TEUs globally.
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