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IMPSA Ports System Sdn Bhd, a Malaysia-Argentinean joint venture crane
fabrication company continues to dominate the port container handling quay
crane market in the country.
IMPSA will soon be delivering eight more quay cranes to Malaysian ports,
namely Northport at Port Klang, Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas and Penang Port,
by end of next year.
Northport will be taking delivery of three units of the quay cranes from
IMPSA.
The twin-lift crane with 50 tonnes lifting capacity has spreader outreach of
51 metres.
With the delivery of the cranes in the first quarter of next year, the
number of IMPSA cranes in Northport will increase to 19 units.
IMPSA has also signed a contract to deliver one unit of post panamax ship to
shore crane to Penang Port that will be deployed at the North Butterworth
Container Terminal.
As for the fast-growing Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), IMPSA will be
delivering three super post panamax quay cranes.
With the new order, PTP will have a total fleet of 17 IMPSA quay side
container cranes.
IMPSA which made inroads in the Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes market (RTG) by
supplying first RTG to Bintulu Port has also delivered 10 units of RTGs to
PTP.
IMPSA will be delivering a further five more units by August 2006.
In the region, IMPSA has supplied one quay crane for Terminal Peti Kemas,
Surabaya and will be supplying another post panamax crane to the Indonesian
port terminal operator in mid 2006.
IMPSA which has delivered its first Ship-to-Shore container crane to the
Durban Container Terminal in South Africa has also entered into a contract
for the provision of port container cranes with AP Moller-Maersk AS.
The contract is for the supply of cranes to the ports that AP Moller
Terminals owns all over the world.
The contract was signed in view of AP Moller's need to standarized its
cranes in all its terminals worldwide.
The contract calls for a committed cranes purchase of 12 units by AP Moller,
plus another six in subsequent optional years.
IMPSA will also be supplying three units of ship-to-shore cranes to the APM
Terminal at Port of Algeciras in Spain, marking a major breakthrough into
the European market. |
