ICTSI expands capacity of Poland port

MANILA, Philippines - A unit of port giant International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) boosted its operations of the Poland’s Port of Gdynia in Eastern Europe and in the Baltic region as part of a $58-milion investment program that kicked off two years ago.

ICTSI’s Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) received two new quay cranes with a capacity of more than 60 tons further boosting its status as a key port in Eastern Europe and in the Baltic region.

BCT chief executive officer Krzysztof Szymborski said the acquisition of new quay cranes measuring more than 60 meters high with a reach of more than 50 feet over the water is part of an investment program initiated back in 2012.

“It is certainly a very important date in the history of the BCT. Not only will the new cranes replace the old ones damaged two years ago,they will also increase our vessel handling capacity significantly. It is another step towards serving large ocean ships in Gdynia,” the official said .

The cranes were supplied and manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. that could service 19-bay wide container vessels or ships carrying 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs)