In March 2023 the container terminal operators, PSA Halifax, announced the purchase of eight new Rubber Tired Gantries (RTGs) for the South End Container Terminal known as PSA Atlantic Gateway. (PSA also operates the Fairview Cove container terminal.) The new RTGs were scheduled for delivery from builders Konecranes of Finland in the second quarter of 2024.
Today the first four units arrived on the Dutch flagged Sampogracht, indirectly from Rauma, Finland.
The new RTGs, appropriately enough are painted green because they are electrically powered, unlike the nine currently operating orange coloured units that are diesel powered.
The Sampogracht, part of the Spliethoff fleet, is a 18,321 gt, 23,471 dwt multi-purpose ship that carries three 120 tonne SWL cranes, has box shaped, ventilated holds, removable tween decks and has a capacity of 1273 TEU. It also has sideload doors. It was built in 2005 by Szczecinska Nowa in Poland. On this voyage from Finland, the ship stopped in Jacksonville, FL.
PSA is in the midst of a major expansion program at the South End Terminal, which included the delivery of new container cranes late last year. New rail sidings are in the works within the terminal, and the extension to the north is underway.
The new RTGs are numbered 81, 82, 83 and 84.
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