Terex handles Wilhelmshaven’s first container

Terex Port Solutions has contributed 36 straddle carriers to the new container port. Formed in June 2012, Terex Port Solutions combined Gottwald Port Technology with Terex Port Equipment to offer a broad range of manual, semi-automated and fully automated handling solutions.

The SC 644 E straddles in Wilhelmshaven have a maximum lifting capacity of 60 tonnes under spreader and can lift both single containers and two fully laden 20-foot containers in twin-lift operation. They achieve speeds of up to 24 kph when travelling with containers and can stack containers 1 over 3, four containers high.

The diesel-electric drive system uses its own on-board diesel generator set that is compliant with Stage IIIb of the European emission standards for non-road mobile machinery. Generator speed is controlled by advanced power management that ensures particularly efficient, low-emission operation of the straddle carriers. In conjunction with an incorporated sound reduction package, the noise emissions of the straddle carriers are also lowered to an unprecedented level.