DP World orders new cranes

Dubai: DP World Wednesday signed agreements with local and international companies for the supply of 19 Ship To Shore (STS) quay cranes and 50 Rail Mounted Gantry (ARMG) cranes for its 4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) capacity Terminal 3 development at the flagship Jebel Ali Port.

The new container terminal will be 1,860 metres long, with a depth of 17 metres to handle multiple next generation container liners simultaneously, and a 70 hectare yard.

Total capacity at Jebel Ali will reach 19 million TEU when Terminal 3 opens for business in 2014.

The signing ceremony at DP World Head Office in Jebel Ali was attended by DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem, Vice-Chairman Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Mohammad Sharaf, Group Chief Executive Officer, and Mohammad Al Muallem, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region, among others.