Cargotec's Kalmar wins its largest ever crane upgrade contract in Malaysia

PTP is equipped with 57 super post-panamax cranes, and a substantial fleet of Kalmar equipment, including empty container handlers, terminal tractors and reachstackers, as well as the Navis terminal operating system (TOS).

The upgrade project increases the safe working load of the seven STS cranes, originally supplied by IMPSA, from 50t to 61t, modernizing the cranes' control and electrical systems, as well as introducing a wide range of other safety and capability enhancements.

PTP is part of the MMC Ports group, currently the 8th largest port operator in the world by container volume.

Collin Swee, key account manager for MMC Ports at Kalmar, says: "Upgrading the handling capabilities and safety features of existing cranes is a cost-effective solution for forward-thinking terminals that are seeking to maximise their capability with existing equipment."

The project has a value of more than € 20million and Kalmar will start to work after the summer.