After the six new ship-to-shore cranes arrived in November 2019 and three other port vehicles of the same type arrived in February 2023 ( of 25 and 29 November 2019 and 13 February 2023), today in the port of Gioia Tauro arrived a further four new ship-to-shore cranes to be followed by two more at the end of the month. From November, therefore, the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) of the Calabrian port will be able to count on A total of 25 quay cranes, as well as three mobile cranes (Mhc).

The four new quay cranes, with the capacity of lifting under spreader of 65 tons, they will be able to serve large ocean-going ships with a capacity of 25 thousand TEU. "The MCT terminal operator - commented the president of the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Seas Southern and Ionian Sea, Andrea Agostinelli - is respecting the plan of investments presented at the time of its inauguration and today, with the landing of four more quay cranes, soon to be will add two more, confirms the desire to want to face the challenges of the coming years in a concrete way".

Meanwhile, the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Seas Meridionale e Ionio announced that in the first nine months of this year container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro is 2,929,950 TEUs, an increase of +10.4% compared to the same period in 2023.