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Automated Stackers Lift ECT's Ambitions
01 Jun 2004
Rotterdam's European Container Terminal (ECT) is continuing the expansion of its Delta Container Terminal with fully automated stacking equipment developed together with Kalmar . An agreement was signed recently for the turnkey supply of six automated stacking cranes (ASCs), with an option to increase the order to a total of 18 cranes.
The fully automated stacking cranes will be identical to those Kalmar stacking cranes currently operating at ECT, which are one over four high and six containers wide. If the option is exercised, the total number of Kalmar ASCs at the world's most automated terminal will rise to 121 cranes.
Not far to the south, Kalmar has also received an order for 10 super post-Panamax ship to shore cranes from MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp. With an outreach of 56m, these high speed, heavy duty cranes will be capable of handling ships over 20 containers wide. Once the first crane becomes operational in November of this year, MSC Home Terminal will take delivery of the remaining nine at a rate of one very four weeks.
After concluding a strategic alliance with Dutch steel manufacturer Hollandia, Kalmar's production capacity has increased significantly, enabling the manufacturer to take on an order of this size and still have reserve capacity.
The super post-Panamax cranes to be delivered to Home Terminal will incorporate Kalmar's latest ship to shore crane technology and design, successfully introduced at Uniport Rotterdam and the French Port of Rouen. Kalmar and Siemens have established a consortium for this project, with the electrical installation being provided by Siemens Brussels.
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