Venezuela orders 54 Kalmar units

The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order that has been booked in Q3, 2011.

Headquartered in Venezuela’s capital Caracas, Bolipuertos is a government ministry responsible for the operation of six ports with annual volumes of around 1m teu. Controlling the ports of La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Guanta, Maracaibo, El Guamache and La Ceiba, Bolipuertos already runs a fleet of over a hundred reachstackers and other associated equipment, including a large number of Kalmar models.

Recently the Government of Venezuela signed a contract to build a mega-port in Puerto Cabello and to expand the Port of La Guaira. Puerto Cabello will handle 700,000 teu and La Guaira 600,000teu in addition to the rest of the ports.