DOHA: Hamad Port welcomed its second commercial vessel on August 13, 2015, according to the planned schedule, carrying the second shipment of cranes which includes four Ship to Shore (STS) Cranes and six Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) Cranes, said a statement today.
The arrival of third and final shipment of cranes is expected by the end of 2015, which will bring the total number of cranes at Hamad Port to eight STS cranes (with 100m high and weight over 1,200 tonnes), and 26 RTG cranes.
With the completion of all marine infrastructures, the installation of container handling equipment (STS and RTG cranes) will announce the completion of another important milestone in the construction of Hamad Port, meaning that the mega port will be ready for earlier operation on certain types of vessels and shipments before the end of the current year.
This reflects the efforts of the Project management team and all the stakeholders under the subervision of the New Port Poject Steering committee.
The port basin is 4km long, 700m wide and 17m deep and once fully completed, it will increase the throughput capacity to over of six million containers per year.
It is worth mentioning that Hamad Port had welcomed the first commercial vessel last July, which carried the first shipment of cranes for the port.
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