06/15/2023
APM Terminals Gijón celebrates commissioning of Post-Panamax crane
Together with customers and authorities, APM Terminals Gijón celebrated the commissioning of a Post-Panamax QC903 crane today. The ship-to-shore crane arrived from Valencia port at the end of January and will enhance the terminal's capacities and competitiveness for importers and exporters in the Asturias region and beyond.
The crane has a capacity for 40 tons of nominal load, 33 metres of height under spreader (eight more than the crane it replaces) and a 16-rows outreach (three more than the crane it replaces). These dimensions have already proven suitable for larger vessels at the Osa quay.
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At an event attended by the president of the Port Authority, Laureano Lourido, APM Terminals Spanish Gateways Chief Commercial Officer, María García, highlighted the 2.5-million-euro investment in the crane, saying, "This is part of a series of improvements to the operational, energy and safety capabilities of our facilities in the port of Gijón, and major step forward in the service we provide to our customers."
CO2 Neutral by 2030
In addition, during the event, María García highlighted, “the paramount role" of Gijón in APM Terminals Spanish Gateways' decarbonisation roadmap. "We have very clear objectives, and our plan starts with a series of projects which will commence shortly, so that APM Terminals Gijón will be CO2 neutral by 2030, ahead of many container terminals in the world, and ahead of APM Terminals industry-leading global commitment to be fully net zero by 2040, and to reduce its total emissions by 70% by 2030 compared to 2020," she said.