Nigeria: West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), Onne receives six new rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG)
As part of a USD 100 million investment for its modernization, the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) has just received six new rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG), making a total of 14 RTG cranes.
Indeed, the terminal had already received the first six RTG cranes last February, of the 15 ordered for this modernization plan.
According to APM Terminals/WACT General Manager Naved Zafar: “ the new cranes will increase yard capacity, improve vessel operations at the terminal and fast track the delivery of cargo”
The WACT upgrade includes the acquisition of additional Mobile Harbour Cranes, Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes; Reach Stackers; terminal trucks and trailers and an empty container handler. It also includes the deployment of reefer racks with a 600-plug capacity, as well as expansion of the current yard, new workshop and a new terminal gate complex.
