Patrick Terminals has again selected Kalmar to provide its port equipment with an order for 12 new Kalmar AutoStrad units, to be delivered during the second quarter of the next year.
[s2If is_user_logged_in()]The Australian operator, which handles over three million TEU annually, will equip the Port of Brisbane with five new machines, while the remaining seven units will operate in the Port of Sydney.
The new equipment is part of Patrick Terminals’ ongoing fleet renewal programme and will join an existing fleet of over 130 Kalmar straddle carriers, replacing some of the older-generation Kalmar AutoStrads in the fleet.
“Patrick Terminals continues to invest in infrastructure and innovation to ensure the efficient operation of our market-leading terminals throughout Australia,” said Michael Jovicic, Patrick Terminals’ CEO.
In June last year, Patrick Terminals ordered the previous set of Kalmar AutoStrads and the machines were delivered during the first quarter of 2021. In addition, in November 2019 the company signed a software maintenance and support agreement with the Finnish manufacturers covering the equipment automation systems at Brisbane and Sydney.
The order for the fully automated straddle carriers was booked in the first quarter 2021 order intake for Cargotec, which owns Kalmar.
Patrick Terminals operates some of Australia’s most technologically advanced terminals at four important ports, Brisbane AutoStrad Terminal, Sydney AutoStrad Terminal, Melbourne Terminal and Fremantle Terminal in Western Australia.
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