The port equipment manufacturer and part of Cargotec, Kalmar, has concluded an agreement with Tecer Terminais Portuários do Ceará (Tecer Terminais) in Brazil to supply the Port of Pecém with two Kalmar heavy forklift trucks with a lifting capacity of 45 tons, and two Super Gloria reachstackers.
The order which was booked in Cargotec's Q1 2022 intake, is scheduled to be delivered to the Brazilian port by the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a statement.
Tecer Terminais has been operating as a provider of cargo-handling services at the Porto do Pecém Industrial Complex for more than 20 years.
The reachstackers, which are the first machines of this type to be ordered by a customer in Latin America, will be used to safely and efficiently handle wind turbine components such as nacelles, hubs, towers and blades.
"With the new Super Gloria reachstackers in our fleet we will be able to safely and efficiently perform complex lifting operations with wind-turbine components without needing to use a combination of standard reachstackers and cranes," said Roberto Cruz, director of Tecer Terminais.
The one reachstacker has a nominal lifting capacity of up to 130 tons and it’s configured with a hook, while another reachstacker has a lifting capacity of 100 tons and it’s configured with a tool carrier, hook and 20-40’ hydraulic spreader, according to Kalmar.
