In July 2009, Konecranes received an order for two environmentally-friendly reach stackers from Maersk CFS, Chennai, India, a division of the A.P. Möller-Maersk Group. The reach stackers will feature Konecranes’ Eco-Drive system, which calculates the fuel efficiency of the machines, thus optimizing fuel consumption and minimizing fuel costs. The machines will be delivered to the new container freight station in Chennai this autumn. The value of the order is not disclosed.
A.P. Möller-Maersk is setting up its fourth Container Freight Station in India, after Nhava Sheva and Dadri, and plans to commence the Chennai operations by end of this year.
“One of the reasons for picking Konecranes was its local presence through Konecranes India Pvt. Ltd and the commitment shown by the team. Seamless support will be relied upon to ensure that our facility provides efficient and state-of-the-art off-dock services to all our customers,” says Joseph Sandiav, General Manager, Maersk CFS
“The efforts we have put into building our presence in India have paid off,” says Patrik Lundbäck, General Sales & Marketing Director, Lifttrucks at Konecranes. “These reach stackers are a good addition to the growing number of Konecranes equipment in India.”
The reach stackers have the capacity to lift 45-ton laden containers five high in the first row and 31 tons in the second row.
Further information:
Press:
Patrik Lundbäck, General Sales and Marketing Director, Lifttrucks
E-mail: [email protected] or phone +46 433 733 33
Investors and Analysts:
Sanna Päiväniemi, IR Manager
E-mail: [email protected] or phone +358 20 427 2050
This press release is available at our website www.konecranes.com.
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,700 employees, at 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).
