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Konecranes gains new order from Australia

Intermodal Link Services (ILS), one of the two companies that comprise Intermodal Group, confirmed a new order for five additional Konecranes reach stackers with Flow Drive plus one empty container handler with a double stacking spreader. This order follows their first delivery of a Konecranes reach stacker at the beginning of 2019.

The lift trucks will be manufactured and dispatched from the Konecranes Lift Trucks factory in Lingang, China. Delivery and commissioning are scheduled around the start of 2020 and the order was booked in November 2019, Konecranes says.

Concern for the environment was the main reason, after they purchased their first Konecranes reach stacker in September 2018, ILS decided to place an order for five more Konecranes SMV 4531 TC5 reach stackers with Flow Drive. Using their new Konecranes reach stacker fleet for intermodal handling, ILS can positively affect environmental conditions, because the Flow Drive Ecolifting feature cuts fuel consumption and carbon emissions by up to 25%, claimed Konecranes.

Moreover, in order to improve their empty container handling activities at the port, ILS has ordered a Konecranes empty container handler model SMV 5/6 ECC 100 DS. This truck is able to reach the fifth and sixth containers in a stack at the same time, handling two containers weighing up to 10 tons, reducing work cycle times, according to the manufacturing company.

Konecranes says that its distributor, United Equipment, was already in the picture almost two years ago as ILS started to look for ways to improve their container handling operations. United was at hand with prompt service, and recommended additional truck units when ILS explained their specific requirements, according to the release.





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