The terminal began its construction in 2012 and has been developed in order to strengthen Indonesia’s position as a maritime nation. New Priok Container Terminal One (NPCT1) is a joint venture company owned by the four shareholders Indonesia Port Corporation (IPC), Mitsui Co. Ltd., PSA International and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisa (NYK Line) and is the international project name for the Kalibaru Terminal.
The electrification of the container terminal started in September 2015 and up to now there are 26 container blocks installed with VAHLE conductor rail to supply the new eRTG’s with power. This process allows NPCT1 to significantly reduce CO2 emissions, noise pollution and fuel costs (up to 90%). Due to the massive fuel savings terminal operators can competitively meet emission requirements and their goals for treating our environment with care. This whole investment would not only make the Kalibaru Project to be the biggest, most modernized terminal in Jakarta, but also to be the “Green Port” that appeals to the Indonesian Government as they are using the eRTG and also explores the “cold ironing” facility.
In total there are over 6.270 m of VAHLE infrastructure installed. The German company VAHLE has completed the electrification of this Greenfield project in cooperation with MHE Demag as a partner company from Indonesia in September 2016. The first of five expansion phases at Indonesia’s Tanjung Priok port was officially opened on September 13, 2016
VAHLE has supplied their eRTG solution to Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., (MES) so that the new RTG Cranes could be equipped with the automated telescopic arms already in Japan. A lot of RTG Manufactures prefers VAHLE’s eRTG solution developed for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) which allows them to integrate the VAHLE solution in their system very easy. All eRTG’s will be pre-commissioned at the OEM site which makes the RTG fit for operation at the final destination in short notice. VAHLE has finished the commissioning of 12 eRTG in October and will complete the eRTG fleet with 3 more Cranes by end of this year.
All eRTG’s are installed with automated telescopic arms to enter and leave the electrification infrastructure automatically, synchronizer for seamless switching of the power supply between diesel-generator and grid to reduce fuel costs, auto-steering for fully-automated steering of the RTG and off-track protection to simplify the day-to-day business.