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GCT Canada enhances operational capabilities with new Konecranes RTGs

11 November 2022

GCT Canada has ordered 10 Konecranes rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) for its GCT Deltaport container terminal in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The terminal currently operates a fleet of 12 Konecranes RTGs.

The new machines are CSA-approved and equipped with Tier 4f diesel engines and Konecranes’ Diesel Fuel Saver technology. They are also equipped with Konecranes’ Active Load Control (ALC) system, which eliminates container sway in the hands of the terminal’s skilled crane operators.

The order...

https://container-news.com/gct-canada-enhances-operational-capabilities-with-new-konecranes-rtgs/

EU puts money where its mouth is with green port funding

11 May 2021

European Union has agreed funding for up to 10 pilot projects in sustainable and smart supply chains through port operations with 45 companies involved in the development of the projects.

The series of research projects are called MAGPIE, sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs and will run for a period of five years. Funding of close to €25 million (US$30.39 million) paid to MAGPIE through the Horizon 2020 green deal programme for research into opportunities to increase the...

https://container-news.com/eu-puts-money-where-its-mouth-is-with-green-port-funding/

MSC Meline the First To Use GCT Deltaport Shore Power System

25 November 2019

GCT Canada was proud to welcome the MSC Meline as the first vessel to use GCT Deltaport’s Shore Power system on November 14, 2019, says an article published in Global Container Terminals.

Usage of transformative technology

Completed in early 2019, this transformative technology allows vessels to plug into clean electrical power grid at GCT Deltaport and turn off their auxiliary diesel engines while docked.

This eliminates up to 95 tonnes of air pollutants per vessel, equivalent to removing 20...

http://mfame.guru/msc-meline-the-first-to-use-gct-deltaport-shore-power-system/

Container terminal investments in B.C. buck global trend

31 October 2018

Globally, investors have become wary of sinking big dollars into port and terminal projects, but locally they are being far less cautious.

Global Container Terminals (GCT) recently went live with its $300 million rail densification project at GCT Deltaport.

The investment in the Roberts Bank container cargo terminal is part of what GCT president and CEO Doron Grosman sees as one of his three main objectives after he replaced Stephen Edwards in July 2017: increase GCT’s return on capital.

The...

http://container-news.com/container-terminal-investments-global-trend/