On 20 December 2023, Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd (PTP), a member of MMC Group, successfully inked an agreement with Mitsui E&S Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) to procure 48 electric rubber tyre gantry cranes (e-RTG).

The agreement was signed during a ceremony held at PTP between Marco Neelsen, Chief Executive Officer of PTP and Atsufumi Takahashi, General Manager Sales Department, Logistics Systems Division of Mitsui.

The new e-RTG cranes form part of PTP’s equipment modernisation strategy under the Ipsum Magna Programme and are scheduled to be delivered by quarter three of 2025. Under the programme, PTP is set to expand its terminal facilities using purchases and the application of automation and digitisation.

The purchase is also in line with PTP’s sustainability drive towards decarbonisation, whereby PTP aims to reduce 45% of its emissions by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement. 85% of the RTG fleet is electrified, an initiative started in 2014, and targeted to reach 100% by early 2024.