Abu Dhabi Ports Company has announced that the Shanghai based company ZPMC has been awarded AED 193 million contract for 6 Super Post Panamax Ship to Shore Container Cranes for Khalifa Port. The announcement comes as ADPC hosts the Abu Dhabi World Ports and Trade Summit at Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre this week.
This brings the value of crane contracts awarded by ADPC for Khalifa Port since November 2010 to AED 707 million. These include Konecranes Finland AED 430 million, Terex AED 84 million and ZPMC AED 193 million.
The STS cranes that will be supplied by ZPMC are designed with a single hoist and a rated load of 110 tonnes that will support tandem lift operations in the future. An outreach of 65 meters and a lifting height of 44 meters under the spreader will secure the capacity required to handle Ultra Large Container Ships.
The terminal is designed to introduce fully automated transport on the quay at a later stage and for this reason the cranes are designed with 38 meters back reach. The cranes will be delivered in two batches of three units each. The first will arrive in Q1 2012 and be fully operational by Q2 2012. The second batch will follow in 3 months time from the first one.
The new deep water gateway port that ADPC is constructing at Khalifa Port Taweelah between Abu Dhabi and Dubai lies adjacent to Kizad which is destined to become one of the largest industrial zones in the world. The first phases of both Khalifa Port and Kizad will be completed by Q4 2012.
Khalifa Port features a multi purpose port island located 4.5 kilometers offshore and covers an area of approximately 9.1 square kilometers including onshore and offshore units, and linked causeways. In the initial stage from Q4 2012 it will operate to a capacity of 2 million TEUs and 12 million tonnes of general cargo including the anticipated 4 million tonnes of raw material cargo a year delivered to the dedicated EMAL berth at the port. By 2030, Khalifa Port is expandable to handle 15 million TEUs and 35 million tonnes of general cargo a year.
