Konecranes has booked its first order in Peru for a factory-new mobile harbour crane, the company says. Terminal Internacional del Sur (Tisur), which operates the Port of Matarani in the south of the country, has bought a Konecranes Gottwald ESP.6 with a maximum capacity of 125 tonnes.
The order was booked in the third quarter of 2026 and announced on 12 November. The crane is due to be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2027.
Duty and drive
At Matarani's multipurpose terminal it will handle containers, general cargo and project cargo, and Tisur has specified a motor grab for bulk. The operator chose a hybrid drive that uses capacitors for energy storage, which Konecranes says cuts fuel use and emissions and prepares the crane for fully electric operation later.
The purchase forms part of a USD 598 million programme to modernise the port.
Not new to the brand
Tisur is not new to the brand. It already runs a second-hand Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour crane built in the 1990s, and its management credits that machine's service record, together with local support, for the decision to buy new.
The ESP.6 belongs to the manufacturer's Generation 6 range. A unit of the same model delivered to Tornio, Finland, in 2022 was quoted at 49 metres working radius and 125 tonnes. For the Peruvian crane, Konecranes has not published the radius, the chassis configuration or the contract value.
Source: Konecranes