Yilport Gävle Terminal in Sweden has received three highly-efficient and environmentally friendly ship-to-shore (STS) Portainer cranes from Paceco Group to increase its competitiveness.
The cranes were manufactured by Japanese-based MITSUI E&S Machinery which also took part in the unloading of the new equipment at the port as well as electrical connections and commissioning alongside Paceco Momentum.
Furthermore, four similar Paceco STS Portainer cranes have left the MITSUI E&S Machinery facilities in Oita, Japan, scheduled to arrive at the Yilport Liscont Container Terminal in Portugal. These cranes are designed to expand the production capacity of the terminal and are scheduled to arrive at the end of 2021.
Previously, it was announced that Yilport Gävle Container Terminal would also receive eight Kalmar heavy terminal tractors, covered under a Kalmar Optimal Care service agreement. The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2021 Q1 order intake with delivery scheduled for Q3 and Q4 of 2021.
These machines came as part of a large order from Yilport Holding Inc. which also saw the Port of Oslo receive three Kalmar Eco reachstackers and two Kalmar reachstackers for empty container handling, the Leixões Container Terminal in Portugal receive two Kalmar Eco reachstackers, Yilport Huelva in Spain receive one Kalmar reachstacker and four Kalmar heavy terminal tractors and Yilport Gebze in Turkey receive one Kalmar Eco reachstacker and two Kalmar empty container handlers.