The smaller player in Malaysia's Port Klang, Northport (Malaysia) Bhd expects its six new quay cranes, which it purchased for MYR170m ($53.4m), to contribute to higher productivity in its container handling operations, according to local media reports.
NCB Holdings chairman Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid was quoted as saying the six cranes are capable of an outreach of 24 containers on the vessel, a good six containers longer than what the older cranes are capable of.
"These new features will greatly improve Northport's handling capacity and productivity of its wharf operations," he said.
With the additional cranes, the port operator's crane fleet for quay-side operations has been boosted to 32 units.
Ahmad Sarji said two of the six cranes, which arrived earlier this year, are being used to support operations at Container Terminal 2 (CT2). The remaining four cranes, which will be fully operational by next year, will be used for its CT4 operations.
Northport ceo Abi Sofian Abdul Hamid added that the new quay cranes will boost capacity to 5.6m teu as of 1 January 2014.
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