International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has received four new hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTGs) for Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) to further increase the flagship terminal’s yard productivity.
The new RTGs, manufactured by Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., are part of the total 16-unit fleet ordered as part of ICTSI’s long-term investment in capacity enhancement and environmental efficiency. The RTGs run on a combination of 22kVah Li-ion battery and a smaller diesel engine, expected to reduce terminal emissions by up to 40%.
ICTSI in a statement said the four new RTGs will be deployed immediately.
Eight more hybrid RTGs, along with another pair of super post-Panamax quay cranes, are also expected to be delivered before the end of the third quarter of 2019. Upon full delivery, ICTSI said, the MICT fleet will be composed of 18 quay cranes and 58 RTGs—the largest containerized cargo handling fleet in the country.
ICTSI has invested more than US$80 million for capital equipment in MICT, enabling the container terminal to meet rising levels of demand in the era of neo-Panamax vessels.
Capacity improvements are also underway at MICT, including the first phase of the construction of Berths 7 and 8, and establishment of the back-up areas for the future Berths 9 and 10.
