Revolutionary Kalmar RTGs for Oslo port

The RTGs will help boost capacity at the port which is planning to increase container throughput from 210,000 to 450,000 teu annually. The Sjursøya Container Terminal in Sydhavna (south harbour) has been designed specifically to operate around RTG, straddle and shuttle carrier systems. The Port of Oslo already uses Kalmar equipment and in 2002 took delivery of the world’s first zero emission RTGs with cable reel supply at the Ormsund Container Terminal.

According to a company statement the all-electric, 50 tonne capacity cranes will be the most advanced in the world and the first to benefit from the automated positioning function within the Terminal Logistic System software platform already applied for Kalmar automated stacking cranes (ASC), Kalmar AutoStrads and AutoShuttles. The driver can monitor the crane’s automated movements by on-board cameras. The automation allows the drivers to optimise productivity as they can fully concentrate on picking and placing of containers only.

The automated positioning will be supported by a number of Kalmar SmartPort process automation solutions. To eliminate the risk of knocking down containers from the stack to the truck lane, the cranes will be provided with a container stack profiling system. The RTGs will also feature a complete data transmission system between the control room and the cranes, allowing the terminal to provide an optimum maintenance regime for the equipment, and transfer of any other operational data for future purposes.