OREANDA-NEWS. In December 2015, Konecranes received an order for four more RTGs from TCV Stevedoring Company S.A. in Valencia, Spain. This will be Konecranes’ seventh RTG delivery to TCV. When the four RTGs on order go into operation, TCV will operate a fleet of 24 Konecranes RTGs. The cranes will be delivered in the first quarter of 2017.  

“Our cooperation with TCV Stevedoring Company spans over a decade, and it keeps getting stronger. The first Konecranes RTGs were ordered and delivered in 2004,” says Kim Salv?n, Sales Director Europe, Konecranes, Port Cranes. “TCV’s trust in us is based on the excellent performance of our equipment and the high quality of our service. Trust must be earned, and we’ll keep earning TCV’s trust.”

The 16-wheel RTGs will be equipped with Konecranes’ Active Load Control, Diesel Fuel Saver system, Auto-steering and Crane Management System, ensuring safe and uninterrupted use of the cranes. They will have a lifting capacity of 50 tons to operate in twin-lift operation, and will stack one-over-five containers high, and six plus truck lane wide.

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2014, Group sales totaled EUR 2,011 million. The Group has 12,000 employees at 600 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).