Kalmar awarded a Kalmar Optimal Care service contract at the Yilport Oslo Terminal

 

CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 18 MAY 2016 AT 9 AM (EEST)

 

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, and the Yilport Oslo Terminal Investments AS in Norway, have signed a long term service agreement for Kalmar Optimal Care. The order was signed on 1 February 2016 and the Kalmar services team has already started working at the terminal.

 

Based on the agreement, Kalmar has full responsibility for all maintenance activities at the terminal including maintenance management, service execution, logistics, spare part warehousing and 24/7 support. The fleet at the Yilport Oslo includes eight Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, one Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) crane, three Konecranes STS cranes and Kalmar mobile equipment. As part of the agreement, Yilport Oslo leases two Kalmar reachstackers with the K-Motion technology and two reachstackers for empty container handling. 

 

Yilport Oslo Terminal is Norway's largest container port that was officially opened on 21 April 2016. Kalmar has earlier delivered eight zero emission semi-automated RTG cranes, which play a significant role in boosting the port's capacity. According to the plans, the container throughput of the terminal will increase from 210,000 to 450,000 TEU annually.  

 

"Together with Yilport Oslo, we are now establishing world-class service partnership which goes the extra mile to make their terminal operation a true success in Oslo. Our Kalmar Care team is experienced in servicing automated and semi-automated terminals and can assure smooth operations also at Yilport Oslo Terminal. We will make sure that the terminal can focus and expand on their core, i.e. moving containers and we will take care of the rest," says Bredo Steen-Gundersen, Service Operation Manager, Kalmar Norway.

 

"Kalmar Care solution is nicely tailored to fit our needs and the framework of the contract gives us the ability to work together openly towards building this service partnership. We see value in this approach and have the confidence that Kalmar service team will keep our terminal in optimal shape. Henry Ford has said - Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," says Eryn Dinyovszky, General Manager for Yilport Nordic Region. 

 

 

Svante Alverönn, Vice President, Kalmar North EMEA, tel. +46 70 592 5760

 

Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof@kalmarglobal.com 

 

 

Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com

 

Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2015 totalled approximately EUR 3.7 billion and it employs almost 11,000 people. www.cargotec.com