European Terminal Services (EST), the company that through the Italian Shipping & Logistics Agency (ISLA) of Palermo is part of the German group EMS-Fehn and which manages the new container terminal of the port of Augsburg, has ordered the Finnish Konecranes to supply a new Gottwald mobile harbour crane ESP.8 hybrid propulsion for its terminal in the port Sicilian. The lifting equipment, with a capacity of 150 tons, it is expected to be taken over by the end of the year. next summer.

The new crane will allow EST to increase the handling capacity of both containerized and of heavy loads, including components for the energy sector Wind. "The potential of Sicily, and in particular of the port of Augusta, in the development of the offshore wind industry in the Mediterranean - underlined the CEO of EST and ISLA, Pietro Coniglio - is huge. The geographical location It is ideal for serving as the central hub of a large number of projects, in particular in connection with our other port and logistics facilities throughout Sicily and Italy continental.

EST already has a Gottwald Generation 5 mobile crane in use of Konecranes which was transferred from the port of Catania to that of Augusta as part of the plan to move the Port-to-port container business ( of 4 October 2019, 15 January and 25 March).