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Kalmar to supply automated straddle carrier system for Eurogate's pilot project
KALMAR, part of Cargotec, has won a tender to supply four automated four-high straddle carriers and an emulation system for Eurogate's container terminal Wilhelmshaven, which is entering its next phase of development.
Both the live equipment and emulation environment will utilise Kalmar's terminal logistics system (TLS), which allows all automated equipment, process automation solutions and access control, security and failure monitoring devices to be controlled via a single platform. The TLS is an equipment control system pre-integrated with the Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS).
The decisive factors for the choice were Kalmar's reassurance that it could provide a system capable of "mega-terminal" scale as well as integrating equipment and terminal operation systems from any third party, a company statement said.
Eurogate is managing the pilot project in cooperation with APM Terminals on a section of container terminal Wilhelmshaven's site which is not in operational use and does not interfere with day-to-day operations.
The pilot project is designed to prove that automated straddle carrier technology is fully functional, safe and ready for the roll-out. The first Kalmar vehicles will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2018. After completion of the pilot project - expected to be in Q2 2019 - Eurogate will decide whether to deploy the automated straddle carrier system at other sites.
Kalmar vice president Mikko Mononen commented: "We were chosen to partner with Eurogate not just because of our successful track record of both manned and automated straddle carrier projects, but also due to our shared vision for automation built on the Kalmar Key platform with open interfaces."
Both the live equipment and emulation environment will utilise Kalmar's terminal logistics system (TLS), which allows all automated equipment, process automation solutions and access control, security and failure monitoring devices to be controlled via a single platform. The TLS is an equipment control system pre-integrated with the Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS).
The decisive factors for the choice were Kalmar's reassurance that it could provide a system capable of "mega-terminal" scale as well as integrating equipment and terminal operation systems from any third party, a company statement said.
Eurogate is managing the pilot project in cooperation with APM Terminals on a section of container terminal Wilhelmshaven's site which is not in operational use and does not interfere with day-to-day operations.
The pilot project is designed to prove that automated straddle carrier technology is fully functional, safe and ready for the roll-out. The first Kalmar vehicles will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2018. After completion of the pilot project - expected to be in Q2 2019 - Eurogate will decide whether to deploy the automated straddle carrier system at other sites.
Kalmar vice president Mikko Mononen commented: "We were chosen to partner with Eurogate not just because of our successful track record of both manned and automated straddle carrier projects, but also due to our shared vision for automation built on the Kalmar Key platform with open interfaces."
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