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ICTSI Brazil terminal gets new cranes
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Mar 8, 2010 - 4:52:16 AM

MANILA, March 8 (PNA) -- Philippine-based port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI)'s Tecon Suape S.A. (TSSA) received eight new rubber tired gantries (RTGs) for the Suape Container Terminal (SCT).

The purchase is part of TSSA’s three-year USD45 million capital investment program for the terminal which will further improve capacity and operations at the SCT, the most modern container handling facility in the northern and northeastern regions of Brazil.

Manufactured by Noell Cranes in China, each RTG has a stacking capacity of one-over-five high and a six-row-plus-one truck lane.

The RTG spreaders are equipped with global and container positioning systems. The RTGs, which will be operational by end March, bring SCT’s RTG fleet to 12 units.

TSSA is a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), a leading port management company involved in the operations and development of 20 marine terminals and port projects in 14 countries worldwide.

For over 20 years, ICTSI has been the private sector partner of choice for world-class trade facilitation in the economies it serves.(PNA)
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