Konecranes received its fourth straddle carrier order from the German container terminal and logistics company EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH. The latest order, booked in the second and fourth quarter of 2011, comprises 14 straddle carriers for container handling including maintenance services. When the machines from the latest order have been delivered, EUROGATE has altogether 55 Konecranes straddle carriers in their fleet at the Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH. The machines from the latest order will be delivered in second quarter of 2012. The value of the new order is not disclosed.
EUROGATE is Europe’s leading shipping line-independent container terminal and logistics group. Jointly, with Contship Italia, EUROGATE operates sea terminals in the Baltic and North Sea, in the Mediterranean region as well as in the Atlantic. The company has ten terminals and it handled 12.6 million TEUs in 2010. EUROGATE offers a full range of box-related services, from cargo-modal services, to container-dept services, container servicing and repair. In addition, EUROGATE offers intermodal transport.
“This fourth order from EUROGATE on one hand proves that our straddle carriers are reliable and technically advanced products and on the other hand that our outstanding service support is appreciated by our customers,” says Jens Andreas, General Manager, Straddle Carriers “The 55 units we have delivered form an important part of EUROGATE’s fleet of straddle carriers.”
The straddle carriers ordered represent the latest technology on the market. The machines have a lifting capacity of 50 tons and can stack containers 1 over 2 high. They will be used for moving and stacking containers in the container yard.
Further information:
Press
Jens Andreas, General Manager, Straddle carriers
e-mail: [email protected] or phone: +49 9341 89541-10
Investors and analysts
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations
e-mail: [email protected] or phone: +358 20 427 2050
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“Konecranes receives its fourth straddle carrier order from EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH.”
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 2010, Group sales totaled EUR 1,546 million. The Group has 11,400 employees, at 578 locations in 46 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V).
