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Expansion Plan for Cape Town Unveiled
21 Feb 2008
Cape Town, South Africa's second largest port, has launched a US$613m expansion project to increase terminal handling capacity and improve port infrastructure. The move comes after Cape Town posted a 13% increase in volume last year.
Among the key investments in the expansion of the port's container handling facility is the installation of two quay cranes manufactured by Liebherr of Germany, and the replacement of straddle carriers with rubber tired gantries (RTG) in its container yard operations.
Apart from the equipment, the port's draft will be dredged 10m deep and its basin 15.5m deep to accommodate larger vessels.
