Kalmar secures new Indian orders

Delivery of the equipment to Arshiya is scheduled to commence by the end of 2008. Additionally, Arshiya has agreed on an option for ordering a further 17 E-One+ RTGs and an unspecified number of reachstackers by 2010. The agreement also calls for Kalmar to provide full maintenance and operators to ensure the efficiency of Arshiya’s facilities.

The new units will initially be deployed at Arshiya’s Free Trade Warehousing Zones (FTWZs) in Mumbai and Delhi. Some of the equipment will eventually be used at three FTWZs in India and one in Sohar, Oman, all of which are currently on the drawing board. Arshiya will also use the machines across its seven rail terminals, which serve its own container trains under a pan-India licence granted by the Indian Ministry of Railways. The company plans also to invest in its own 150- to 200-strong trucking fleet in the Middle East.

The GTI order, delivery of which will commence in January 2009, follows on from a contract to supply 29 E-One RTGs delivered in 2006. This latest order for 7+1 wide and 1-over-6 high cranes will be equipped with a variety of Kalmar’s automation software, including SmartrailR, Remote Monitoring Interface (RMI) and Fleetview. As with the original units ordered, the RTGs will also be fitted with Kalmar’s FULL CONTROLR, an all-electric load stability control system.