Indonesian state-owned terminal operator Pelindo III has signed Konecranes up to deliver container handling equipment worth more than EUR 100 million ($126.6 million).
The order comprises ten Ship-to-Shore cranes, 20 Automated
Stacking Cranes and 5 Straddle Carriers.
Konecranes says the government of Indonesia has introduced a
nationwide freight transport program to improve the movement of
goods through the country’s vast waterways.
As part of this program the Pelindo III will construct a new
terminal in Surabaya, East Java, with a planned inauguration in
2014.
“Lamong Bay Terminal will allow the safe and
uninterrupted container flow which is our customers’ uncompromised
need,” says Pelindo III Project Manager Mr Prasetyad.
“In the same way, predictable operational costs are an
uncompromised need for us,” he says.
“Considering these circumstances we feel confident in
cooperating with Konecranes aiming to build up business success in
Indonesia and more widely in South-East Asia.”
Indonesia is a strategically important market for Konecranes,
which has been operating in the country for 15 years.
The country and its market are big and rapidly growing.
Konecranes’ Indonesian headquarters is located in Jakarta, and
it has branch offices in Makkasar, Surabaya, Batam, Pekanbaru,
Medan and Balikpapan.
Konecranes provides service to almost 300 Indonesian customers
from different customer segments such as paper, steel, mining and
ports. Konecranes product offering for the area also includes
industrial cranes of different sizes and lift trucks.
This new order for container handling equipment includes the
latest in crane technology.
Delivery is scheduled for 2014 and 2016.