From May of this year, the straddle carriers will be in operation at the FCP terminal on Grand Bahama Island. They can stack 9’6” high-cube contai ners 1-over-2 and, to enable high handling rates, have lifting capacities of up to 60 t under the spreader coupled with maximum travel speeds of 30 kph. An outstanding feature of the Terex NSC E ECO straddle carrier is its hybrid drive system, consisting of both a diesel-powered generator and electrostatic short-term storage media, which results in significantly reduced fuel consumption and exhaust emissions compared to a traditional drive system.
“For some years, Terex hybrid straddle carriers have proven their worth in everyday cargo handling”, reports Guido Luini, Managing Director of Terex Port Solutions in Würzburg. “The fact that we have received this order from Freeport Container Port for a fleet of machines equipped with this technology is confirmation of the great acceptance for it and, at the same time, of our leading position in this segment of the market.”