Doosan Vina continues to hand over two giant STS cranes to Gemalink international port

Two STS cranes number 3 and 4 of Gemalink 6 units project are being transported on board at Doosan Vina port to hand over to Gemalink international port at BR - VT

Two RMQC cranes have just left Doosan Vina port at Dung Quat Economic Zone, Quang Ngai province today are a series of giant and modern STS cranes with a height of 92m, 150m long, 27m wide, more than 1,700 tons in heavy each, with the outreach of 24 +2 containers rows. They can reach 70m into the sea from the shore and can handle 02 containers of 20 feet type or 65-ton and 85-ton bulk cargo and project cargo at the same time from largest mother vessels up to 200,000 DWT.

Based on the contract signed between the two companies on May 17, 2019, Doosan Vina will supply six RMQC cranes as a lump-sum package from design, fabrication, assembly to transfer operating techniques to Gemadept - CMA customer. To date, Doosan Vina has completed and delivered four cranes, and the remaining two are being conducted with electrical connection, preparing for commissioning to hand over in November 2020.

These cranes have a reach of 24 + 2 container rows. From the shore, the crane can reach 70m out to the sea

Currently, six Doosan Vina engineers and technicians are working at the Gemalink port and cooperating with the investor's Korean experts to conduct the final technical inspection before handing over two cranes number 1 & 2 (docked on July 07, 2020) for the customer and will receive two cranes number 3 and 4 which are expected to arrive on September 11, 2020. The process of receiving, testing, commissioning, and transferring technology to the operators usually takes more than a month.

According to the design, the Gemalink port is one of the most crucial cargo transshipment centers in Southeast Asia and is a smart port. All information and data in the crane operation process will be transmitted directly to the Port Operation Center through software systems, ensuring control of each container position in the yard. The port will be equipped with six RMQC cranes and 18 RTGC cranes to serve its first phase capacity of 1.5 million TEU/year. Construction and installation of all cranes and other equipment are expected to be completed in October, ready for test run in November 2020, and officially put into operation in early 2021.

Two cranes number 1 and 2 were handed over in early July 2020 and are currently in the process of testing, commissioning and technical transfer to Gemadept - CMA CGM customer.