KONECRANES has signed an agreement to deliver container handling equipment to Indonesian state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero) (Pelindo III).

The order comprises 10 ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, 20 automated stacking cranes (ASC) and five straddle carriers (SC). Delivery is scheduled for 2014 and 2016. The value of the order is not disclosed, but is more than 100 million euros ($129 million).

Indonesia has introduced a nationwide freight transport programme to improve the movement of goods through the country’s vast waterways. As part of this programme, Pelindo III will construct a new terminal called Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya, East Java, with a planned inauguration in 2014.

“A safe and uninterrupted container flow in the terminal is our customers’ uncompromised need, just like predictable operational costs are for us,” said Prasetyadi, project manager, Pelindo III. “Considering these circumstances we feel confident in cooperating with Konecranes aiming to build up business success in Indonesia and more widely in Southeast Asia.”

Indonesia is a strategically important market for Konecranes, which has been operating in the country for 15 years.

“We are proud to be the first to deliver an automated container yard in Indonesia,” says Tuomas Saastamoinen, director, sales and marketing, Konecranes.

Present at the signing ceremony were Pekka Lundmark, president and CEO, Konecranes, Prastyadi, Djarwo Surjanto, president and director, Pelindo III, and Saastamoinen.