STS crane delivery
STS cranes being delivered: Taiwan International Ports Corp

Evergreen has spent over $333m on 19 remote-controlled bridge cranes and 56 gantry cranes for the opening of the No 7 terminal in Taiwan’s main container port, Kaohsiung.

Set to open next May, with a 2.4 km berth and 18-metre deep water, the facility on reclaimed land can accommodate five 24,000 teu containerships simultaneously, enabling it to handle around 4.5m teu a year.

The first batch of equipment arrived at Kaohsiung on Monday, when Chinese crane manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries delivered four ...

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