Cargotec Receives an Additional Equipment Order from Container
Terminal in Hamburg
Cargotec Corporation, Press Release, November 26, 2007 at 1.30 p.m.
Finnish time
Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions
within Cargotec, has received an additional order from The Port of
Hamburg's biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und
Logistik AG (HHLA). Kalmar will supply nine more automatic stacking
cranes (ASC) for the second phase in the conversion of HHLA Container
Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). This new order is in addition to the
first order of 15 ASCs. Delivery of this second order for nine
cranes, along with their automation and control systems, will
commence in 2008.
The total number of ASCs operating at CTB will reach 24 units in
2009. The contract with HHLA includes an option for an additional 63
ASCs.
HHLA aims to double CTB's capacity from 2.6m to 5.2m TEU by
re-engineering the operation and converting the main part of the
conventional straddle carrier container storage area to an ASC system
by the year 2015. HHLA also expects to improve productivity
significantly. During the conversion process, all existing terminal
operations will continue uninterrupted as capacity gradually
increases.
Sender:
Cargotec Corporation
Kari Heinistö
Senior Executive Vice President and CFO
Eeva Mäkelä
SVP, Investor Relations and Communications
For further information, please contact:
Pekka Vauramo, President, Kalmar, tel. +358 204 55 4873
Eeva Mäkelä, SVP, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358
204 55 4281
Cargotec is the world's leading provider of cargo handling solutions
whose products are used in the different stages of material flow in
ships, ports, terminals, distribution centers and local
transportation. Cargotec Corporation's brands, Hiab, Kalmar and
MacGREGOR, are market leaders in their fields and well-known among
customers all over the world. Cargotec's sales are EUR 2.8 billion.
The company employs over 11,000 people and operates in close to 160
countries. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange, Helsinki.
www.cargotec.com
