(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Hamad Port project has received the second commercial ship to be docked a the port to deliver the second shipments of cranes of Hamad Ports operations according to schedule.
The shipment consists of 10 cranes including 4 Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes and 6 Travelift Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG).
The third and last shipment of cranes will arrive by the end of the year to bring the total number of cranes to 8 STS cranes and 26 RTGs.
Heavy load carrier Zhen Hua 10, was the first ship to be docked at the Hamad Port at Umm Alhoul in the Mesaieed area.
The ship, which arrived directly from China, delivered the first cranes for Hamad Port's operations, mainly four ship-to-shore (STS) and eight rubber tire gantry (RTG) cranes, marking a new milestone for the port project.
The new Hamad Port is expected to handle more than 6mn containers a year once all three phases of the project is completed even as authorities are eyeing "early operations" by the end of 2015.
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