During the 2016 Brussels Logistics & Distribution event a contract was signed between the Hans Künz GmbH and NedCargo International BV.
The new crane has a span of 60m across and an overhang of 16m on either side of the legs and will replce one of the two existing cranes. Through an innovative CAD design the crane will have a height of 30m with a capacity of 40 tonnes and can stack four high.
“The new crane is faster, quieter, stronger, more energy efficient and easier to maintain than the existing cranes,” said Bert van Greeks, director Multimodal of NedCargo. “Because the crane combines a higher operational speed with greater reliability the terminal can increase its capacit and handle more imported containers. We can also make an important step in the reduction of CO2 emissions by handling more container with a crane powered by electricity.”
Diederik Antvelink, founder and co-owner of NedCargo International said; “This investment underscores our commitment to Alpherium and our ambition to increase container throughput at this terminal by 2020 by building a new distribution center next to the terminal. Through an innovative solar park on top of the new distribution center (40,000 m2) and wind turbines at the Alpherium green energy will be generated in abundance.”
Roderick de la Houssaye, with Diederik Antvelink founder and owner of NedCargo, is proud of all the developments; “We are hard at work to make our company CO2 neutral which is a difficult task, but we believe that it is feasible. To achieve this we need help from a lot of people including our employees, our customers, our suppliers, our partners, our neighbours, various governments and research institutes step by step towards our aim at people every step shackling and every step must you celebrate!”
The new container crane will be put into operation in September 2017.