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WorldCargo news Hyster launches new reach stackers Hyster has announced the availability of a new RS series of reach stackers, to be introduced in three phases over the next 12 months. Container handling models RS 45-27 CH, RS 45-31 CH and RS 46-36 CH will roll off the production line from September. Intermodal handlers models RS 45-24 IH, RS 45-28 IH and RS 46-33 IH combi-handlers for containers and swap-bodies/trailers will be available from November. Front stabiliser models S-CH and S-IH with additional capacity for 3rd container row/ 2nd rail handling will be introduced in 1Q/2007. The new machines replace what Hyster calls the A222-series machines, based on the Hyco designs that have been manufactured at Hyster Europe’s big truck centre in Nijmegen since 1995. They retain the proven frame, boom and spreader structures as well as the front drive axle and rear steer axle, says the company. The engine and transmission, steering and cooling systems, plus certain auxiliary features, are common with the successful H40.00- 50.00XM-16CH dedicated container handling mast trucks introduced in 2004/2005. They will also feature Hyster’s proven “Vista” cab that offers several advanced features to achieve maximum productivity in each shift. The focus is on driver comfort, ergonomics and excellent visibility:Air-conditioning is featured as standard, as is an air-suspension seat.The dash display is positioned to the driver’s right-hand side, to avoid unnecessary distraction from the operation in hand, and maximise forward visibility. The newly developed joystick offers intuitive control of boom lift and spreader functions.Noise level is 74 dB(A) at driver’s ear. A powered sliding cab is offered as a standard option. The backward position, for example, provides the most comfortable view angle for 4-5 high stacking and may also be preferred by drivers who feel more comfortable behind the lift cylinders. The cab can slide > 2.6m fully forward .A full-forward cab is generally deemed essential for IH models when handling swap bodies or trailers. Some drivers also prefer the fully forward position for low height container handling. Extra steps and handrails are provided on the left hand front fender, for cab access/exit. Also included is a second set of rear view mirrors on the front fenders The RS is fitted with the Tier 3 Cummins QSM 11, 10.8 litre, 6-cylinder in-line engine as standard, with a maximum 224 kW (300 Hp) @ 1800 rpm and smooth torque delivery of 1424 Nm @ 1000-1400 rpm. For intensive operations, this engine is available with 272 kW (365 hp) @ 1800 rpm and max. torque of 1674 Nm @ 1000-1400 rpm. The 365 hp engine is combined with a bigger Spicer Off- Highway TE-32 4-speed powershift transmission, instead of the standard TE-27 model. The extra power means faster acceleration, a 12% higher laden lift speed, and a 2 km/h faster unladen drive speed, says Hyster. The hydraulic system features power on demand and “2-speed lift” functions. The practical 4- mode average lifting speed across the range is as high as 0.41 m/sec. Maximum drive speeds are competitive at 20 (with load) to 23 km/h (w/o load), with the standard 224 kW (300 Hp) engine. CARGO HANDLING NEWS Liebherr’s Scottish fling Liebherr Container Cranes has won a second quayside gantry crane orderfrom Forth Ports for Grangemouth. The new order is an exercised option by the port. It is scheduled for delivery during the third quarter of this year and will work adjacent to the one recently installed (two months ahead of schedule). In both cases, outreach is 32m, lift height is 25m, rail span is 19.8m and backreach is 15m. SWL is 40t under spreader and 50t under hookbeam. Hoist speeds are 45/100 m/min and trolley speed is 150 m/min.Crane Drives are Liebherr dc and they are equipped with the Liebherr Winscan crane management system. Liebherr also reports that it has finalised a supply contract with KGL International for Ports Warehousing Company, Kuwait, for the supply of three Panamax gantry cranes to Mina Saqr Container Terminal, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Liebherr has traditionally been strong in the Arab ports world, but this is its first deal for Mina Saqr. Outreach is 38.50m, rail span 30.48m and backreach 15m. Lift height above and below rail are 30m and 15m.SWL is 45t under spreader and 50t under hookbeam. Hoist speeds are 60/130 m/min and trolley speed is 180 m/min. Crane drives are Liebherr dc and Liebherr’s new Visuscan crane management system will be fitted. Consent Equipment AB The specialist in operational leasing of Terminal, Transport and Cargo Handling Equipment www.consent.se Still to be sold first? Hamburg-based FLT manufacturer Still, part of the Linde AG group, could change owners as early as this summer, according to reports from Germany. Several financial investors from the US and Europe have reportedly expressed interest in Still, which is back in the black after a difficult time. As previously reported (WorldCargo News, February 2006, p41), there had been widespread speculation that the whole of Linde’s materials handling business segment - Linde, Linde HTD, Still and O M Pimespo brands - would be offered for sale. In total the sale could raise more than €3B, to help finance the €7.6B agreed purchase price for BOC, as Linde AG focuses on industrial gases. The purchase of BOC went through and then Linde AG chairman Wolfgang Reizle announced at the AGM that the material handling division would be offered for sale. The division employs some 19,300 people, of which 6000 are at Still, with annual sales of €3.6B (of which €1.1B from Still). The financial institutions interested in Still include include like Apex, Cinven, BC Partners, Blackstone, CVC, Kohlberg and KKR (which owns Gottwald).All have sufficient funds for a takeover bid.Apex is considered to be the favourite candidate since it already negotiated with Linde in 2005. It is expected once the sale is finalised that the new owner will place Still on the stock market. A takeover by one of Still’s competitors is unlikely.Toyota, the market leader, would not get the “OK” from the competition authorities and companies like Jungheinrich probably do not have sufficient funds. Still is due to present its latest results in May. * rolltrailers * 13.6m & 45’ palletwide box units * 40’ palletwide containers Consent Equipment AB PO Box 4143, SE-400 40 GOTHENBURG, Sweden Phone: +46 31 12 42 45, Telefax: +46 31 42 86 59 UK Office: Consent Equipment UK Ltd, Prince Henry House, Kingsclere Business Park, KINGSCLERE, Hampshire, RG20 4SW Phone: +44 1635 299999, Telefax: +44 1635 299993 Bromma’s twin yard boom Bromma has reported a raft of new orders for twinlift and separating twinlift spreaders for yard gantry cranes. The company says that in the first two months of this year it received orders for more than 50 twin 20 Marathon spreaders - 20 separating types to ZPMC for delivery to DPW Jebel Ali, 13 to APMT Los Angeles, 10 to Liebherr for Gulf Stevedoring Jeddah North, five to KCI Konecranes for CUT Long Beach and three to FELS Cranes for JNPT near Mumbai. As noted in last month’s RTG survey (pp22-24), the Liebherr RTGs for Jeddah North are rated at an unprecedented 65t in twin 20 mode. Bromma’s order rush in the first two months of this year follows orders for a total of 37 Marathon separating twin 20 yard crane spreaders in 4Q/ 2005 - nine to Aqaba, nine to SPS Oman, nine to Gujarat Pipavav and 10 YTS45s to KCI Konecranes for TdS Málaga (six) and DPW Caucedo (four). Earlier in 2005, MTL Hong Kong had ordered 25 YTS45s. Customer interest in twinlift container handling in the CY, says Bromma, is connected to the surge in separating twinlift container handling on ship-toshore cranes.The company says that its STS45 design is today its best-selling single product. In the first two months of this year, ZPMC and SPMP alone purchased a total of 57 STS45s in connection with cranes on order from operators in Dalian, Panama, Yangshan,Saudi Arabia, Nansha, Jamaica,Taicang, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Ningbo. “Boosting ship-to-shore productivity by just a small amount, say from 25.0 to 25.5 moves per hour, can have a dramatic impact on terminal operating profits, and boosting productivity is, of course, always the starting point for terminal growth strategy,” says Lars Fredin, Bromma’s VP, sales. “Yet the bottleneck in the terminal is often in the yard operation and not the quayside operation, and this is one reason why many customers are taking a closer look these days at how twinlift and separating twinlift spreaders might push forward their yard operations.” 2 April 2006
CARGO HANDLING NEWS Kalmar wins Nelcon refurb contract Following the contract to maintain Finnsteve’s straddle carriers, FLTs and terminal tractors in Kotka, Kalmar has secured a refurbishment deal from the Port of Tilbury to upgrade 13 of its straddle carriers. However, in this case, Kalmar will effectively be refurbishing third party machines as the contract relates to Nelcon diesel-electric machines delivered before Kalmar acquired Nelcon and no longer manufactured by Kalmar, having been replaced by its E-Drive designs. The machines have been assessed individually and major repairs identified, prioritised and programmed according to the actual requirements. This process, Kalmar considers, provides better value for money than simply renovating each machine according to set guidelines. Michael Quinn, terminal engineer at TCS, states: “Our Nelcon machines are now around 10 years old and we want them to last 15 years. It had become obvious that without major refurbishment, reliability would become a real problem. Initially, we planned to do the work ourselves and costed the project on this basis. However, in talks with Kalmar, it became clear that their people could do the work within our budget, leaving our team to focus on cranes and breakdowns.” Each of the straddle carriers had covered around 20,000h, so overhaul of the Volvo Penta engines was the first priority, to give a further operating 10,000h. As they are constant speed engines driving a generator, this is achievable. TCS had also identified increasing reliability problems with the steering and braking systems and so these were renovated, as were the electrical drive systems, including the ac invertors. ● Kalmar has established its own subsidiary company in South Africa for sales of straddle carriers and RTGs. Kalmar Industries South Africa (Pty) Ltd, located in Durban, will manage ongoing deliveries of straddle carriers as well as the new RTGs that Kalmar is believed to have on order from SAPO (last month’s WorldCargo News, p4). African National Engineering continues as Kalmar’s service partner for straddle carriers and RTGs. Kalmar reach stackers and lift trucks will continue to be sold through Saficon. ●The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has ordered 24 4-high Kalmar CSC 450 straddle carriers and six 7-high Kalmar ECH mast trucks for its Kingston facility. New business secured last October will boost throughput by some 500,000 TEU/year and push the terminal through its 1.5M TEU/year theoretical capacity. Because land expansion is not feasible in a short time frame, PAJ decided that the best solution would be additional stacking density. As well as a notional 50% capacity gain in the CY from 2- to 3-high, the 7- high ECHs will clear an additional footprint for loaded containers. The first units are to be handed over this month, with delivery completion scheduled for July.The order will bring the total number of straddle carriers in operation at Kingston to 74.The price of the CSC450s has not been disclosed although a statement from Cargotec says that “unit prices for straddle carriers vary between €700,000 and €900,000. Kingston will continue to use 1 over 2 machines under the cranes because of limited clear heights under the portals Liebherr-Werk Nenzing (LWN) is introducing individual wheel drive to its LRS 645 reach stacker with hydrostatic transmission, introduced in 2004. Independent wheel drive is a standard feature of LWN’s harbour mobile cranes.The development on the LRS645, says the company, “offers outstanding opportunities such as minimising side forces on the steer wheels and more effective driving gear.” The first machine with the new drive is being delivered to Howland Hook Marine Terminal in NY/NJ, already a customer of Liebherr Container Cranes. The basic principle of hydrostatic transmission is its high power density that means small dimensions of components as well as small induced masses.This gives the reach stacker fast acceleration and a high efficiency factor and all acceleration/ WorldCargo news Reach stacker “revolution” deceleration is entirely stepless.This has a positive impact on the lifetime of various components and adds to driver comfort Conventional designs also induce high tyre wear on the steer axle and the axle support limits the degree of turn anyway. Liebherr is now fitting individual wheel hubs with integrated planetary gears and hydrostatic drives for the driven wheels. Every driving wheel or every pair of wheels can be controlled individually. It is thereby possible to supply different drive powers to the individual wheels Factory shot of new front wheel drive arrangement. (Note also the offset cab position) The power of innovation. The visionary new Reachstacker from Linde. With its outstanding agility, superb precision and smooth control the new Reachstacker from Linde embodies all the finest qualities of refined power. Much more than just the sum of its parts, here is Man and machine in harmonious action. The fully integrated, versatile and responsive control and operating system is a visionary concept designed to make life easier. Combine this with Linde’s truly global service, spares and technical back-up and you can understand why we are world leaders. The visionary new Reachstacker from Linde: the next generation of working solutions delivering greater productivity and efficiency. and a strong torque can be built up that supports the steering movement and the stability of the reach stacker. Lateral forces at the steer wheels are reduced almost completely. Other claimed advantages are reduced strain on the steer wheels and better running performance. Traction is increased on slippery surfaces as the wheels can be individually supplied with more driving torque depending on the traction present. Even anti-slip control for each individual wheel is possible. There is no time delay when steering and the greater stability and reduction in “wobbling” can help with productivity. Fuel and gear oil consumption are also lower. Linde Heavy Truck Division Ltd Linde Industrial Park, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 4LA, GB Phone +44 (0) 1443 624200, Fax +44 (0) 1443 624302 E-mail info.forklifts@linde-htd.com, www.linde-htd.com Head Office Linde Material Handling Division, PO Box 62, 63736 Aschaffenburg, Germany Phone +49 6021 990, Fax +49 6021 99 1570 E-mail info.forklifts@linde-mh.com, www.linde.com/linde-forklifts Linde Material Handling April 2006 3
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