MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium has ordered five more super post-Panamax ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes from Kalmar. This is in addition to the 10 it ordered from Kalmar last year, which according to Kalmar was the largest container crane order ever placed in Europe.
The new order is scheduled for delivery in 2006.
MSC Home Terminal is a joint venture between Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Hesse-Noord Natie NV, a subsidiary of the PSA Group. The first of the company’s 10 cranes ordered last year has recently entered commercial operations, while a further three are on site and in various stages of assembly.
The latest order brings to 33 the number of STS cranes currently on Kalmar’s books. This total also includes eight cranes for PSA Antwerp, six for P&O Ports’ Antwerp Gateway, two for Rotterdam Shortsea Terminals and two for the Port of Guadeloupe.
Kalmar president and CEO Christer Granskog said: ‘Kalmar is committed to being a leading equipment provider to the European ship to shore crane market and I am delighted to report that we have succeeded in claiming this strong position. Our current order book is looking extremely strong.’
Granskog said that Kalmar’s partnership with Dutch steel structure manufacturer Hollandia enabled it meet demand without having problems adapting when the market returned back to normal, quieter levels.
The specifications of the latest cranes ordered by MSC Home Terminal from Kalmar are:
Safe working load on the ropes / under spreader – 80/65t
Outreach – 56m
Railspan – 30m
Backreach – 25m
Hoisting height – 38m
Hoisting depth – 21m
Hoisting speed rated load / empty spreader 90/180m / minute
Trolley travelling speed – 240m / minute
Gantry travelling speed – 45m / minute
