Kalmar has concluded agreements to supply American cargo and logistics operator Tropical Shipping with two Kalmar Gloria reachstackers and three Kalmar diesel-electric straddle carriers.
The orders were booked in the Q2 2021 order intake of Kalmar’s parent company, Cargotec, and the delivery of all units is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year.
Tropical Shipping is part of the Saltchuk group of companies and operates facilities from Canada to South Florida in selected coastal ports to meet customers’ freight-shipping needs to and from the Caribbean and the Bahamas.
Tropical Shipping operates a large fleet of Kalmar equipment, while the new reachstackers will be operated at the company’s terminals in St. Thomas and St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands and in the Bahamas. Additionally, the straddle carriers will be operated at the Tropical Shipping terminals located in the Port of Palm Beach, Florida as well as in St. Thomas.
The Kalmar Gloria Reachstacker features a number of improvements such as a panoramic view, intuitive interfaces, proactive monitoring and a comfortable seat designed to increase operator efficiency and ensure easy and cost-effective maintenance.
The Kalmar Straddle Carrier is powered by a diesel-electric driveline and offers high performance, excellent fuel efficiency and low noise as well as complying with the
latest exhaust emission regulations, according to a company statement.
“The new diesel-electric straddle carriers will play an important role in helping us reduce both fuel costs and emissions while the Kalmar reachstackers will help us improve our operator efficiency and ergonomics,” commented Tim DiPietropolo, vice president operations, NVOCC & Global Logistics, Tropical Shipping.
