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In demand in the Middle East from the start: Generation 5 Model 6 cranes – seen here handling containers for a customer in Doha, Qatar. |
Düsseldorf, 17 June 2008 –
Salalah Port Services Company (SAOG), which operates the Port of Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman,
has recently ordered four Generation 5 G HMK 6407 Mobile Harbour Cranes from Gottwald Port
Technology GmbH (Gottwald) for its container terminal as part of its port expansion programme. The
first two units will be delivered at the end of June 2008, and the remaining two at the end of July
2008. With lifting capacities of up to 100 tonnes each and equipped with twinlift spreaders, the
cranes will be used for serving container ships up to the Post-Panamax class.
The four G HMK 6407 cranes, which are variants of Gottwald's latest Model 6 Harbour Cranes,
will be the first Gottwald cranes to be delivered to Oman. As a result, Gottwald Mobile Harbour
Cranes are now in use in no fewer than 88 countries.
Promising Market Development in the Middle East
"We are grateful to Salalah Port Services for placing their confidence in us," said Dirk Stoll,
Gottwald's Regional Director Middle East. "The award of this contract not only provides us with a
new customer, with whom we have already established excellent business relations, it strengthens
our worldwide presence and above all our position in the Middle East, which has developed into a
key market for us and offers great opportunities for Gottwald's Mobile Harbour Crane technology."
The Port of Salalah is one of the world's largest container terminals. In the course of the
port development, Salalah Port Services initially intends to increase its annual capacity to
approximately 4.5 million TEUs. "With the G HMK 6407 cranes from Gottwald, we are ideally equipped
for the ambitious development plans for our container terminal," said Gary Lemke, CEO of Salalah
Port Services. "We are convinced that Model 6 cranes are a top-of-the-range product with regard to
performance, reliability, safety, long lifetime and total cost of ownership."
Further information available from:
Gottwald Port Technology GmbH
Postfach 18 03 43
40570 Düsseldorf, Germany
Peter Klein
Tel.: +49 (0)211 7102-3355
Fax: +49 (0)211 7102-3660
Mobile: +49 (0)173 722 10 74
peter.klein@gottwald.com
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