Johor Port Berhad (Johor Port), a member of MMC Group welcomed four new Rubber-Tyre Gantry (RTGs) cranes as part of Johor Port’s ongoing programme towards capacity enhancement and overall operational efficiency in the Container Terminal.
Currently, the terminal is running at full capacity and Johor Port managed to achieve 11% growth when 1.044 Million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs) of containers were handled in 2019.
Together with the new assets which are being deployed to improve the productivity and efficiency, Johor Port has also started its Yard Improvement Plan which will allow the terminal to increase the overall yard capacity and cater more throughput volume for the next five years. Johor Port is seeing a year-on-year growth for local gateway cargoes and the current capacity will not be sufficient to handle the volume increase at the terminal.
Moving forward, the four new RTGs are set to boost the container handling capacity as well as to improve the yard efficiency in the Container Terminal and will contribute to improve truck turnaround for hauliers/transporters and create better support at the yard for vessel operations. The purchase of this new equipment was in line at improving the overall port facilities and minimising Maintenance and Repair cost for the equipment.
The 8-wheel cable reel Mitsui RTGs which was manufactured in Japan can stack over five Containers high and six plus one (6+1) Containers wide, including truck roadway. With a maximum lifting capacity of 40.6 tonnes, the RTGs are expected to be deployed operationally by March 2020.
The current total handling of TEUs inclusive of import, export and hauliers per day is 2,500 to 3,000 TEUs on average for laden and empties which are supported by the deployment of existing 23 to 24 units of RTGs, out of the total fleet of 26 units. With additional of new RTGs, Johor Port will be able to operate 25 to 27 units of RTGs per day out of 30 units to cater for the anticipated volume growth.
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