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The Kenya Ports Authority on Friday received four more Standard Gauge Railway cargo handling gantry cranes
This is the last shipment of the six Sh2.12 billion RM2s ordered by KPA in December 2016. [19659002] The first shipment of two RMGs was received in May of this year.
Each crane costs 355 million shillings, said the director general of the Palestinian Authority, Daniel Manduku . Manduku said the six cranes were ordered from ZPMC Ltd, based in China.
"This is part of the equipment on which KPA invests to ensure efficiency during the unloading of the cargo." Manduku said the cranes will be deployed along the SGR lines in the port to ensure the efficiency of handling goods for the hinterland.
From July, KPA transports cargo to Nairobi using seven SGR trains.
"We want to be efficient by ensuring we load at least seven trains a day to Nairobi. We aim to reach 12 trains in Nairobi every day by December, "he said.
Read: [VIDEO] KPA Receives Sh2.12 Billion Rail Mounted Rail Cranes for Freight SGR [19659002] Manduku said KPA also acquired 28 new terminal tractors
"These tractors are now operational and, as I have said, have contributed to the improved performance of the port . This explains the record performance of our container operations after the 3,872 TEU release in less than eight hours. "
He said that conventional Cargo operations have also seen considerable improvement thanks to their Trade Mark East Africa partner. He said that cranes are able to work two ships at a time, unlike the old ones, and that they can not do anything. they are specially built for environmentally friendly operations.
KPA also acquired four Ship to Shore Gantry cranes and 12 rubber gantry cranes were ordered from Toyota Tsusho, Japan, which were received in April
The cost of a Ship to Shore crane is 947 million shillings and each Tyrber Tyred crane 18 million shillings, or 6.68 billion shillings for all sixteen cranes. 19659002] Also to read: The high turnover of KPA bosses raises questions
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