Kemi Shipping, part of the Finnish Metsä Group, has ordered eight Konecranes E-VER fully electric forklifts for the port of Kemi in Finland.
The order was placed last month and is expected to be delivered in the first half of 2023.
With Metsä opening a new mill for bioproducts in the north, the company is investing in new lift trucks for its warehouse operations.
“Sustainability is at the core of our business, so the first thing that attracted us to the Konecranes E-VER was the fact that it is fully electric,” said Kari Lundell, CEO of Kemi Shipping.
The eight additional lift trucks are Konecranes E-VER 16-1200C forklifts, with a fully-electric driveline and a capacity of 16 tons. Lithium-ion batteries manufactured with clean energy power each truck, taking just 45 minutes to fully recharge and re-generating brake energy back to its battery. With less heat, oil and fewer moving parts, the electric forklift requires less maintenance, and produces less chemical waste. The trucks will be supplied with special bale clamps to securely handle wood pulp.
“Konecranes E-VER, which won the sawmill industry Product Novelty Competition for improving the environmental performance, gives us the perfect opportunity to provide Kemi Shipping equipment that meets their specific requirements in a demanding industry,” emphasised Klaus Kaukovalta, product manager, Lift Trucks for Konecranes Finland.
In addition, Konecranes E-VER electric forklifts are Smart Connected Lift Trucks, in which TRUCONNECT® remote monitoring follows the performance of each truck and maximises battery life through analytics such as charging optimisation and energy consumption.
