PSA Selects Kalmar for Huge Terminal Contract

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PSA Corporation has contracted Kalmar, part of Cargotec, to maintain up to 700 prime movers and trailer sets at Pasir Panjang Terminal (PTT) in Singapore for the next three-year term. 

A total of 60 berths operate as as one integrated facility at PSA's container terminals in Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, Brani and Pasir Panjang.

The berths are up to 18 metres deep and equipped with quay cranes that are able to reach across 24 rows of containers to serve the world's largest container ships.

Ron Robinson, Sales Director at Kalmar, will be a speaker at Port Technology's Container Terminal Automation Conference on March 14 – 15, 2018 in London, UK

They also feature a zero-emission, fully-automated electric yard crane system.

Cargotec booked the contract into its 2017 fourth quarter order intake.

In Singapore, Kalmar has a dedicated team of over 50 maintenance and service staff working for the various PSA terminals.

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Peter McLean, Senior Vice-President of Kalmar Asia-Pacific, said: “We have been working with PSA on the maintenance of their equipment for more than 11 years.

“This contract is a testament of the work we have delivered to PSA during the past years.

“PSA Singapore, being one of the busiest container ports in the world, runs at 24/7 and it is crucial for them to maintain a healthy fleet of equipment.

“As one of the leading original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for mobile equipment, we are happy that PSA has awarded us this tender.

“While we provide new cargo handling solutions to our customers, it is also our ambition to be involved in the total life cycle of their equipment.

“With Kalmar Care quality maintenance, we are able to extend the lifetime of our customer's equipment fleet, reducing their total cost of ownership.”

Read more: Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement to acquire the port services business of Inver Engineering in Australia

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