The Port Authority of Las Palmas has highlighted that it will see its container traffic increase in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by announcing the OPCSA terminal that will acquire ten new cranes, two of them “large and modern.”
In a statement, Puertos de Las Palmas indicated this Saturday that this It is “magnificent news” for the interests of the port area from the capital of Gran Canaria, then means “increasing the number of movements and loads”in an investment by OPCSA that will be around 50 million euros.
And the company that has the concession for the container terminal in the Port of Las Palmas has reported that it will acquire two post-Panamax dock cranes (STS). worth 22.5 million eurosin a contract that they will sign soon; as well as another eight RTG type or tire gantry cranes, for an amount of 24.7 million euros.
With the arrival and installation of the ten new cranes at the Port of Las Palmas, which It is expected for the first quarter of 2026OPCSA will have invested 105 million euros in the concession, which is almost double what was committed to the Port Authority until 2036, the managing entity of the ports in the eastern province has highlighted.
According to statements contained in the statement, the president of the Port Authority, Beatriz Calzada, recalled that OPCSA “expects to close the year with more than 900,000 TEUS moved and considers that they can reach the figure of one million” in 2025.
He also pointed out that the purchase of these two new cranes “will place the Port of Las Palmas in a most advantageous position and strengthens our request to be part of Group 1 ports.
Furthermore, Calzada thanked TIL and MSC for their firm commitment to the Port of Las Palmas, while underlining that these investments made and planned consolidate that of OPCSA. “as one of the most important transit terminals worldwide”.
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