Kalmar's E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry crane.

Kalmar has been awarded a major port equipment order from long-standing customer Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A. (SPRBun) as it gears up for growth at its operations in Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A. (TECSA) in Buenaventura, Colombia.

The order, worth more than EUR25 million (USD27.7 million), was booked into Cargotec's 2015 second quarter order intake, with delivery of all units scheduled to be completed by April 2016.

The delivery includes 14 Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) and six Kalmar forklifts. The new equipment is set to complement an existing fleet of 26 Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractors.

Victor Julio Gonzalez, general manager of SPRBun, attributes the decision to work with Kalmar again to the quality and design of the Kalmar E-One² RTG.

"As we continue to grow, the possibility of adding Kalmar process automation in the future will help us to maximise productivity in our terminal," he adds.

Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura S.A is the oldest port in Colombia and the main port on the Pacific Ocean, with key focus of operations in container, automobile and bulk cargo handling, principally serving Bogota. Handling a current annual volume of 380,000 TEUs, throughput is expected to increase to 850,000 TEU by 2020 as they develop their domestic operations and enter the trans-shipment market.