ICTSI gets new equipment for MICT

International Container Terminal Services recently acquired three brand new eight-high Kalmar side lifters and five new Ottawa-Kalmar prime movers.

This was acquired for its flagship, Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), to further improve efficiency of operations at Manila's leading trade gateway. Specifically built for handling empty containers, the side lifters each have a 19,000mm lifting height, a turning radius of 6,000mm x 200mm, and a safe work load of 9 tonnes. The acquisition now enables the stacking of empty containers to a maximum of 7-high. The addition of the new equipment is expected to improve stacking, and bring about approximately 10 to 15 percent increase in yard capacity. This will result in the freeing up of more slots for import and export full containers. The MICT continues to have the largest and most modern container handling equipment fleet in the Philippines today.

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