Friday in the port of Gioia Tauro, on board the ship multipurpose Fagelgracht by Spliethoff, 18 hybrid straddle carriers, with diesel and electric power, destined for the Medcenter Container Terminal of the Calabrian port. The new handling equipment was produced by Kalmar. "With the landing of 18 straddle carriers, which will soon be followed the arrival in port of two additional Ultima Gantry Cranes generation - commented the president of the Port Authority,

Andrea Agostinelli - we see the attention that the Medcenter Container Terminal has addressed and continues to address the port, in terms of sustainable development and growth of volumes of the port of call".

On the occasion of the arrival of the new cranes, the Maritime Protection Authority Port System of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas has announced which in the first seven months of 2024 the port of call has handled containerized traffic of about 2.3 million TEUs, with a increase of +11.9% over the January-July period of last year.