APM Terminals has ordered 12 remote-controlled ship-to-shore cranes and 32 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes for its new MedPort Tangier facility under construction at the Tanger-Med II port complex.

According to APM, all of the cranes will be delivered by the end of 2017. The STS cranes will be manufactured by Shanghai-based ZPMC, while the ARMGs will be manufactured by Austria-based Künz.

“Our goal is to use proven technology to create high productivity for our clients on one of the world’s most strategically important trade lanes on the Strait of Gibraltar,” said Dennis Olesen, managing director of APM Terminals MedPort Tangier.

The terminal, which is the second to be operated by APM at the Tanger-Med port complex, is designed to be capable of handling container ships with capacities of up to 20,000 TEUs, and is scheduled to open in 2019, according to APM.