APM Terminals has also placed an order for 32 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes (ARMG), which will be installed at the facility, with Austria-based Kunz, the London's Ship Technology reported.

Once complete, the five million TEU container terminal will be able to serve ultra-large container ships (ULCS) with capacities up to 20,000 TEU. It will be APM Terminals' second terminal at the Tanger-Med port complex, featuring up to 2,000 metre of quay length and will increase the Tanger-Med complex's overall capacity to more than nine million TEU.

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier managing director Dennis Olesen said: "Our goal is to use proven technology to create high-productivity for our clients on one of the world's most strategically important trade lanes on the Strait of Gibraltar".

Deliveries of both the STS cranes and ARMGs are scheduled by the end of next year.