Forklift News - Liscont orders three Kalmar RTGs for Portugal

Kalmar E-One+ RTGS will help facilitate the expansion of the Liscont Container Terminal at Alcântara in the port of Lisbon.

Kalmar has received an order for three rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Liscont Operadores de Contentores SA in Lisbon, Portugal.

The 7+1 wide and 1-over-5 high cranes will be delivered in the first half of 2010.

The three Kalmar E-One+ RTGS with a maximum lifting capacity of 40 tonnes will help facilitate the expansion of the Liscont Container Terminal at Alcântara in the port of Lisbon. The equipment will be fitted with Kalmar’s Smartrail autosteering and container position verification systems and remote machine interface, for remote machine monitoring, maintenance tasking and reporting.

Raimo Ukkonen, vice president of Kalmar RTGs, says Liscont devised a strategy to upgrade its reach stacker system to one employing 16-wheel RTGs after seeing a need to expand its capacity several years ago as its container throughput was increasing.

"Since then, the customer has turned to Kalmar for RTGs, today operating seven of these Kalmar RTGs. This strategy and its co-operation with Kalmar have proven their worth and Liscont is now ready to expand the operation further. Liscont also operates Kalmar terminal tractors."

Kalmar's E-One+ RTG cranes come with a low-emission diesel engine and all-electric trolley, wheel turning and spreader. The "all-electric" concept, without the need for hydraulics, means that parts are easy to access and few components require maintenance.

Liscont Container Terminal at Alcântara is a deep-sea facility in the port of Lisbon, managed and operated by Liscont under a long-term concession from the port authority. The western point of continental Europe allows ships to reach the largest ports of Asia, North Africa and Northern Europe.

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