THE flagship facility of International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) in Manila has received the first four of its 16 orders of eco-friendly hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTG), which will help bolster the capacity of the port in the capital.
Once fully commissioned, the hybrid RTGs are expected to further boost Manila International Container Terminal’s (MICT) yard productivity, and allow it to fully match demand in terms of operational performance, ICTSI Global Corporate Head Christian R. Gonzalez said.
“As we continuously drive economic growth in our home operations, ICTSI will always be at the forefront of innovation with ports equipment and adaptive technology that ensures increasing productivity while reducing carbon footprint,” he said. The equipment are manufactured by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (MES) of Japan. They are reached equipped with a 200-kVA Li-ion battery and a smaller diesel engine that will reduce the port’s carbon emissions by 40 percent, while also cutting noise levels at the container yard. It will also help improve fuel economy by up to 60 percent.
Aside from these, Gonzales added the company is set to receive two super post-Panamax quay cranes and 12 more hybrid RTGs before the end of the first half of 2019.
Capacity improvements, he said, are also under way at the Manila flagship, among which includes the first phase construction of Berths 7 and 8, and back-up areas for the future Berths 9 and 10.
ICTSI also operates other ports in the Philippines, including those in Laguna, Subic, Batangas, and Cotabato. Aside from these, it also operates terminals in developed and emerging market economies in the Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa.