In Santos, the port with the highest cargo volumes in South America, 50 km east of São Paulo, the Brazilian terminal operator Cia. Bandeirantes Logistica Integrada (Bandeirantes) has an additional two Terex® TFC 46 M reach stackers in container handling operation.
The main reason for choosing TPS, according to José Eduardo Ornellas Priante, Maintenance Manager at Bandeirantes, was the good experience Bandeirantes had already enjoyed with Terex reach stackers and with TPS’ reach stacker distributor in Brazil, Equiport – Equipamentos para portos LTDA. (Equiport): “We started operation with our first Terex reach stacker in 2005 and since then we have systematically expanded our fleet to six machines. The machines provide excellent availability, in which the fast and competent service from Equiport also plays a part.” Another factor in favor of the Terex® TFC 46 M stackers purchased was their combination of a compact design with high performance: “In our terminal in Santos, we have to make use of the space as efficiently as possible. So we need compact and maneuverable machines which can stack containers as high as possible. With the equipment from TPS we managed to increase our stock capacity by approximately 30 %, while still fulfilling the increasingly strict safety regulations” says Ornellas Priante.
With a wheel base of 6.5 m, the TFC 46 M reach stacker can stack up to six full high-cube containers (9’6″) in the first row and up to five in the second row. The maximum load capacity is 45 t in the first, 35 t in the second and 19 t in the third row. It has a maximum travel speed of 25 km/h and a lifting speed of 0.48 m/s – performance specifications which exactly match the requirement profile of Bandeirantes, as Andrés Ramirez, Marketing Manager of Equiport, explains: “The TPS model range covers all requirements, from a small, simply equipped reach stacker to a high-performance intermodal machine with extensive equipment. So we can always offer our customers, like Bandeirantes now, the machines to meet their current requirements. That is also why we currently have more than 460 Terex reach stackers in operation here.”