Five TGPC cranes leave for Kerala port

Trans Gulf Port Cranes' (TGPC) second set of five rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGCs) will leave for the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) on Thursday, according to the firm.

The company had won the $18.7million (Dh68.6m) contract to deliver a total of 16 cranes to the DP World-operated port in the Southern Indian state of Kerala.

"Eleven cranes have already been dispatched and five more will be sent later this week," said a senior company official.

The company is also gearing up to send the second set of similar RTG cranes to another DP World-operated port in Aden. TGPC has a contract to supply a total of 12 RTG cranes to the container port in Aden.

"While six have already been delivered, six more left our base on Monday," the official added.

The company is also involved in delivering half-a-dozen cranes to the Qasim International Container Terminal in Pakistan. "TGPC is based in Abu Dhabi and we are involved in design, engineering, fabrication, assembly, delivery and commissioning of container handling equipment and after sales services of various types of cranes. DP World is one of our main clients. We have also delivered our products to the Kaveh Port & Marine Services," the official said.

"We have our own transportation and focus mainly on the regional market. With an ability to produce, high-quality competitively priced products, with rapid delivery times, we target customers in the Gulf, Africa and the Indian sub-continent," he said.

Meanwhile, the first consignment of six RTGCs arrived at Vallarpadam last Saturday from Abu Dhabi by sea.

These RTGCs are one of the new-generation cranes and the first eco-friendly units. They are claimed to be 30 per cent more energy efficient compared to the conventional ones.

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