The French container port in Le Havre has added four Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers as it continues to reduce its carbon footprint and expand its quay.

Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) Le Havre has been using Kalmar straddle carriers since the early 1990s and has ordered a total of 28 hybrid units since 2020.

The latest order of nearly EUR5 million will be booked in parent company Cargotec's third quarter 2023 order intake, with the units scheduled for delivery by the end of the year.

“Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers have proven to be the ideal fit for our operations, so it was a relatively straightforward decision to continue on the same path,” says GMP Le Havre chief executive officer Louis Jonquière. “We are looking forward to welcoming the new additions to our fleet."

GMP, which competes with the ports of Antwerp in Belgium and Rotterdam in the Netherlands, handles 2 million TEUs per year.

Kalmar’s director of global customers, Damien Cols, says: “This latest order from GMP Le Havre is another strong signal of the trust that terminal operators have in our proven hybrid solutions to reduce emissions and improve efficiency.”