Kalmar Launches the Shuttle Carrier

-- Logistics Management, 2/1/2001

Kalmar Industries, a provider of heavy-duty materials-handling equipment and services to ports, terminals, and industrial customers, has introduced the Shuttle Carrier. Developed for use by ports gearing up to meet the challenge of 10,000 TEU to 12,000 TEU container vessels, the Shuttle Carrier operates between a port's ship-to-shore cranes and the container stack and will enable stevedores to increase the speed and efficiency of their ship-handling operations.

The Shuttle Carrier is essentially a smaller, simpler version of Kalmar's straddle carrier design. But because it only stacks two high, its construction is lighter and its running speed higher than a straddle carrier's. A lower center of gravity also enables it to achieve higher cornering speeds safely.

For more information, visit http://www.kalmarind.com, e-mail jari.pirhonen@kalmarind.com or keijo.parviainen@kalmarind.com, or call +358-3-2658 111.