Cranes for Yanino Logistics Park

Konecranes Heavy Lifting Oy has signed a contract to deliver four RTG cranes for the new Russian cargo terminal Yanino Logistics Park Ltd. Yanino, a multipurpose logistics complex near St. Petersburg, belonging to Global Ports Investments Plc and Container Finance Ltd Oy. The 16-wheel RTG cranes have a capacity up to 50 metric tons and can stack containers 6+1 high and 7 wide, including a truck lane and will be delivered in December, 2009. Pursuant to the agreement, the parties are not disclosing the contract value.

The new contract continues successful cooperation between Global Ports Investments Plc, (GPI) a major Russian port operator, and Konecranes Heavy Lifting Oy. Previously Konecranes supplied 15 RTG cranes to Global Ports’ subsidiary OJSC Petrolesport, which is Northwest Russia’s second largest container terminal by throughput.

Global Ports Investments Plc is a group that unites Russia’s leading container terminal operators. In the first half of 2008 the gross container throughput of the group was 645,000 TEUs.

Yanino Logistics Park is the group’s first multipurpose domestic container logistics complex, which will provide clients with the full range of logistics services once it is commissioned.

Commenting on the transaction, Konecranes’ commercial director Erkki Salminen noted,  “Yanino Logistics Park is the sixth container terminal in St. Petersburg to which Konecranes is supplying its container cranes. The deciding factors for the last order were our good relationship and productive cooperation with the client, which has a firm market position.”

According to Alexander Ignatenko, Chief Operating Officer of GPI, development of the Yanino Logistics Park and establishment of a multipurpose complex that includes container and rail terminals, distribution warehouses and outdoor storage areas for various purposes is a key step in GPI’s development of Russia’s container infrastructure. Inland terminals enable amongst others Russian exporters to stuff containers outside of relatively crowded seaports. New, modern equipment ordered to Yanino Logistics Park will enable it to substantially improve the quality of service, offering clients the widest range of services that meet international standards.

Source: Transport Weekly