3 September 2020, 10:30
On 25th August, the delivery ceremony of Sany’s large Ship-to-Shore Container Crane to Latvian customer Baltic Container Terminal Ltd. (BCT) took place at the port of Riga. At the invitation of Mr. Gerard Sammut, CEO of the host BCT, Ambassador Liang Jianquan of the China Embassy in Latvia, Economic and Commercial Counselor Shen Xiaokai of the China Embassy in Latvia, Managing Director Deng Haijun of Sany Europe GmbH, Representative of Minister Tālis Linkaits of Ministry of Transport, Chairman of Board Mr. Viesturs Zeps of Freeport of Riga, and CEO Mr. Ansis Zeltiņš of the Freeport of Riga attended the ceremony.
The participants of the ceremony highlighted the importance of the port of Riga and the decision for a Sany crane along the “One Belt and one Road” initiative. This STS crane is BCT’s second Sany crane since a purchase in 2014.
BCT and Sany successfully tackled challenges of setting up the crane along the Covid-19 outbreak, as described here (Link to the full story on the Sany Europe homepage)
Source: SANY Europe GmbH