According to the agreement, finalised at the end of last year, delivery of the units will take place in the second quarter of 2011. The new CSC340 units on order will be capable of stacking containers one-over-two with loads of up to 40 tonnes. Kalmar 7+ generation straddle carriers feature a modular design that is also well-equipped to handle the harsh winter conditions of the St Petersburg area.
As a long-time customer, FCT received their first straddle carrier from Cargotec already in the 1980s. NCC also operates with other types of Kalmar equipment, such as terminal tractors, reachstackers and empty container handlers.
NCC’s terminal network includes First Container Terminal (FCT, St. Petersburg), Logistika-Terminal (Shushary, St Petersburg) and Ust-Luga Container Terminal (ULCT, Leningrad region). The aggregated throughput of NCC terminals in 2010 amounted to about 1.3 million TEU. The main focus of NCC strategy for 2011 is ULCT first phase completion. ULCT is due to become the largest container terminal in Russia and the Baltic region with the annual throughput capacity of 3 million TEU by 2019.