UAE’s AD Ports Group has awarded Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (ZPMC) contracts valued at over USD 114 mln for six ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and 17 hybrid rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. These cranes will be deployed at the New East Mole Terminal in Pointe Noire, Congo, and Noatum Ports’ Luanda Terminal in Angola.
This investment is part of AD Ports Group’s 30-year concession to develop and operate a multipurpose terminal at Pointe Noire Port and a 20-year concession to modernize and manage the Luanda Terminal. Each terminal will receive three Super Post-Panamax STS cranes, capable of handling 21 container rows, and Pointe Noire will get nine hybrid RTGs while Luanda will receive eight.
