The indented berth, the first of its kind in the world, poses many special requirements and challenges for the cranes. Operating cranes on both sides of the ship introduces the potential of collision of cranes and boxes over the ship. Therefore the cranes have been equipped with a reliable collision avoidance system.

Because the Port of Amsterdam is located within close proximity of a residential neighborhood, the container cranes at the terminal are subject to a noise abatement requirement. This requirement had a big impact on the design of the crane, resulting in some design changes. For example, the trolley design was changed from machinery trolley to rope-towed trolley.

In addition to the collision avoidance system and noise abatement features, these cranes are among the biggest and the fastest container cranes. Each crane has an outreach of 61 m, capable of serving the future 22-wide vessel, and a lift capacity of 65 metric tons under the spreader and 100 metric tons under the cargo beam. The gantry frame of the crane leans back 6 m toward landside in order to clear the long boom from the other side of the slip.

There are 9 STS cranes. 4 of those cranes are placed on the north side of the indented berth and 5 Cranes on the south side of indented berth. These 5 cranes on the south side can travel the quay side to cover the marginal berth.

Dockside Quay Gantry Cranes (Quantity : 9; manufacturer : ZPMC)
- Full AC Drive package with automation
- Capacity under spreader 65t, under cargo beam 100mt at 33m; 75t at full outreach
- Lift height, total 50m (164ft)

- 50 40' containers/hr at 27m outreach average
- Hoisting speed 65t 70m/min, Lowering speed 65t 70m/min
- Hoisting 40' 100m/m, Lowering 40' 100m/min
- Hoisting & lowering spreader-only at 180m/min
- Trolley Drive 250m/min, Gantry Drive 45m/min
- Boom Hoist 3min to ship-clearance, 5min full-up
- Twinlift automatic spreaders