For years, rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) have driven up costs considerably for port operators. It is not uncommon for these indispensable, diesel-driven cranes to take up half of the total fuel consumption at a port. To noticeably reduce fuel costs, more and more port operators are converting their cranes from diesel to electric – with the trend moving in this direction. The environmentally-friendly approach has already saved several million Euros and tons of CO2 around the globe. And the...