APM Terminals orders ZPMC container cranes

APM Terminals orders ZPMC container cranes A.P. Moller-Maersk’s global terminals operator APM Terminals has sealed an unspecified order with Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery for ship-to-shore gantry cranes and other terminal equipment.
   Netherlands-based APM Terminals, which has a global network of more than 45 terminals handling 28.4 million TEUs in 2006, has previously purchased more than 200 cranes from ZPMC.
   “ZPMC has clearly played an important strategic role in the development of our container ports around the world,” said Eric A. Sisco, president of APM Terminals North America, based in Charlotte, N.C. “They have consistently kept pace with our growth, our timelines, our budgets and our operational expectations.'