The centre will deliver information to the port and customs enabling customers to manage the movement of their cargo using their own electronic devices and smartphones.

The inauguration ceremony for the centre was attended by Fiorella Moulinilli, the Peruvian Deputy Transport Minister, Jose Arakaki Nakamine, Mayor of Lima, DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Gerard van den Heuvel CEO DP WORLD Peru, and senior officials.

“This new logistics centre underlines our commitment to enabling trade across the supply chain connecting ports and customs through smart technology to make life easier for business and end users. The new platform is designed to encourage trade in the region and on the west coast of South America saving time and money through the efficient movement of cargo. This development is part of our strategy to deploy state-of-the-art technology across our global portfolio of 77 marine and inland terminals worldwide,” said DP World Group Chairman and CEO and Chairman of Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem

“We are inspired by the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to make the city a leader in everything it does. DP World is a knowledge exporter supporting the economic development of nations where we have business and our operations can be found in markets that make up 53% of global trade, an achievement made possible by sound strategic planning and innovation,” he added.

Bin Sulayem said that DP World is planning to open more logistics centres across Peru to manage container traffic in Callao through smart technology and monitoring of shipments for the benefit of traders, investors and the country’s economic growth.
DP World Callao is a green-field terminal in the port of Callao, approximately 15km from the capital Lima. The annual operational capacity of the terminal is 800,000 TEUs. The port of Callao is one of the busiest in Latin America.

Photo caption: DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem at the opening of the new smart logistics centre in Lurin in Peru in the presence of Fiorella Moulinilli, the Peruvian Deputy Transport Minister, Jose Arakaki Nakamine, Mayor of Lima, Gerard van den Heuvel, CEO DP WORLD Peru and senior officials.

The contract marks the first order of equipment from Kalmar’s DCG80-100 empty container handler range, which was launched in Munich on 9 November. The new range offers customers the best lifetime value currently available on the market with better performance, greater reliability, less downtime and lower running costs for the machine. This order continues the terminal’s history of choosing Kalmar’s dependable products and high service availability.

WienCont Container Terminal Ges.m.b.H., a subsidiary of the Port of Vienna, is a trimodal terminal serving rail, road and inland waterways. WienCont’s annual capacity of approximately 480,000 TEU makes it the largest combined transport terminal on the Danube and its capacity is expected to grow by 3-5% per year over the next five years.

The 10-tonne capacity handlers are fitted with options including reverse warning system, tyre pressure monitoring system and the Kalmar Smart Fleet monitoring system that enables a more effective management of the container handling operations. In returning to a fleet of Kalmar-only equipment, WienCont is able to streamline its maintenance needs, as the new machines will fall under an existing Kalmar service agreement, which also includes two onsite mechanics.

“In order to prepare for the future, it is important that we choose high quality equipment with modern capabilities that will meet our growing handling requirements. We have chosen Kalmar as the brand to trust for their reliable machines, low downtime, and cost-effective service for our intermodal operations,” says Robert Groiss, Managing Director of WienCont Container.

The three new Kalmar DCG100-45ED6 container handlers join a fleet of 4 Kalmar DRF/DRG reachstackers, 2 Kalmar DRF/DRG empty container reachstackers, 1 Kalmar DCF100-45E6 empty container handler, 1 Kalmar DCG70-32E3 container handler, and 1 Kalmar TT612D terminal tractor.

A.D. Prasad Rao and Raju Gupta were the two key personnel who started the operation. At the time both had business backgrounds in the cement industry, Prasad Rao more in marketing and Raju Gupta in project management and engineering. Together they operated as joint Managing Directors until 2012, when Prasad Rao retired from executive duties, but the business has continued to rely on his experience since then as a Board member. Raju Gupta, meanwhile, has operated as sole Managing Director since Prasad Rao’s retirement.

AUMUND India has achieved several notable milestones over the course of its first 20 years; initiating Calculation and Parametric Programming, Project Engineering for major cement plants, RDM localization, and production of Elevators, Pan Conveyors, Silo discharge gates, Samson® Feeders and Scraper Conveyors, sold by AUMUND subsidiaries around the world. Within the global AUMUND Group, AUMUND India has become the second technical centre outside of AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH in Germany. It is expected that AUMUND India will play a bigger role in future in supporting the Group, especially in Engineering and Project Management.

“For customers, it means the capacity to move up to a thousand containers per hour across a single dock at America’s largest terminal – allowing us to work more vessels, more quickly,” said Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Griff Lynch. “It means getting cargo to market and getting ships back out to sea with unmatched efficiency.”

Designed by Konecranes of Finland, these enormous cranes can work the largest ships calling on the U.S. East Coast, reaching across vessels 22 containers wide.

“We’re growing our crane fleet in order to stay ahead of demand,” said GPA Chief Operating Officer Ed McCarthy. “Since the opening of the expanded Panama Canal in June, Garden City Terminal has seen a 40 percent increase in the number of vessels carrying 8,000 or more twenty-foot equivalent container units. Over the same period, the Port of Savannah has seen a 21 percent increase in the number of TEUs handled per vessel.”

Counting the new cranes, Savannah now features 20 New Panamax cranes and six post-panamax cranes (reaching 17 containers across). Another four New Panamax cranes are due to arrive in 2018, bringing Savannah’s total to 30. The cranes operate over a dock with nearly 10,000 feet of contiguous berth space.

The new cranes, along with the Savannah Harbor deepening, help to accommodate a move in the world fleet toward larger ships. Through its expanded locks, the Panama Canal can now accommodate vessels with a capacity of 14,000 TEUs – nearly triple the size of the canal’s previous maximum. This opens an important new route for the more efficient ships to serve the U.S. East Coast.

Port officials said the improvements to the Port of Savannah’s crane fleet demonstrate the GPA’s commitment to expand capacity, providing more opportunities for growth and greater flexibility to meet customer needs.

“Garden City Terminal completes 100,000 container transactions every week,” said GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood. “Keeping all those transactions moving smoothly requires the authority to maintain capacity at least 20 percent above demand. Our new cranes help to ensure the terminal remains congestion-free and efficient for customers.”

Photo caption: Boskalis vessel Teal transports four new ship-to-shore cranes up the Savannah River past historic River Street to Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016.