Four new RTG (rubber-tyred gantry)
cranes are a key component of the
£16.7m expansion of container
terminals at Teesport. The
Konecranes RTGs are the first of
their type to be supplied by
Konecranes in the UK and will allow
PD Ports to significantly improve
handling capacity at the Teesport
Container Terminal as volumes
continue to grow.

“By switching from the current
handling system using reachstackers
to these RTGs we can store many
more boxes on the same area, due to
their ability to create higher, wider
container stacks,” says Mark Pearson,
PD Ports project director. “They also
improve the number of containers
handled per hour.”