The Adriatic port of Luka Koper in Slovenia and Bosphorous port of Evyap in Turkey are expanding container handling capacity with the purchases of Kalmar rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes.
Ports in southern Europe are responding to an enlarged flow of goods by increasing handling capacity, said a statement from Cargotec's Kalmar Industries, recently awarded a contract to supply two E-One+ RTG cranes to Luka Koper for the expansion of the Port of Koper's container terminal in Slovenia and four E-One+ RTGs to the Evyap Port in Turkey.
The orders include Smartrail(r) autosteering and container position verification systems for the RTGs. Equipment will be delivered to Koper in the third quarter of 2009 and to Evyap during the first quarter of 2009.
"The Adriatic is a new market for Kalmar RTGs. The volume of container freight is growing on the Adriatic Sea as the European Union expands eastwards. Goods flowing between the Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe are increasing. There's lots of potential in the region," said Kalmar Industries vice president Raimo Ukkonen.
Luka Koper estimates it will achieve 400,000 TEU annual volume by the end of the year. Evyap Logistics operates the Evyap Container Terminal, 70 kilometres east of the Bosphorus on the eastern side of Istanbul. Expansion at the terminal will increase annual capacity to 615,000 TEU, said a Kalmar statement.
Kalmar is a global provider of container and heavy duty handling equipment, automation applications and related services and is part of Cargotec Corporation, which employs 12,000, and has an annual revenue of EUR3 billion.
Ports in southern Europe are responding to an enlarged flow of goods by increasing handling capacity, said a statement from Cargotec's Kalmar Industries, recently awarded a contract to supply two E-One+ RTG cranes to Luka Koper for the expansion of the Port of Koper's container terminal in Slovenia and four E-One+ RTGs to the Evyap Port in Turkey.
The orders include Smartrail(r) autosteering and container position verification systems for the RTGs. Equipment will be delivered to Koper in the third quarter of 2009 and to Evyap during the first quarter of 2009.
"The Adriatic is a new market for Kalmar RTGs. The volume of container freight is growing on the Adriatic Sea as the European Union expands eastwards. Goods flowing between the Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe are increasing. There's lots of potential in the region," said Kalmar Industries vice president Raimo Ukkonen.
Luka Koper estimates it will achieve 400,000 TEU annual volume by the end of the year. Evyap Logistics operates the Evyap Container Terminal, 70 kilometres east of the Bosphorus on the eastern side of Istanbul. Expansion at the terminal will increase annual capacity to 615,000 TEU, said a Kalmar statement.
Kalmar is a global provider of container and heavy duty handling equipment, automation applications and related services and is part of Cargotec Corporation, which employs 12,000, and has an annual revenue of EUR3 billion.
