South Korean heavy industries manufacturer Doosan Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) will supply six Panamax Ship to Shore (STS) container cranes to the seaports of Gemadept Group for operation at Dinh Vu port in northern Hai Phong City.

Doosan Vina said the six-crane manufacturing contract, which was signed on January 20, will be used to load and unload cargo containers from large vessels up to 50,000DWT at the Hai Phong-based port.

Five out of six will be newly equipped for the second phase of South Dinh Vu port, and the other will be additionally installed to improve handling capacity at the port.

The South Korean company said it started production of the first three cranes last November, and they would be delivered this October.

In 2021, Doosan Vina agreed to design, manufacture, assemble and transfer the operation technique of eight STS cranes including two Super Post Panamax STS cranes to Gemalink for operation at Gemalink International port in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

Doosan Vina has manufactured and supplied a total of 97 cranes for the busiest domestic and foreign ports including Da Nang port, Saigon Newport, Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Plant Port, Gemalink port, and the upcoming port cluster of in Dinh Vu Port.

The Quang Ngai-based manufacturing company has exported heavy industries products worth US$2.4 billion. — VNS