Geographically the orders are spread all over the world with major orders in most continents. The ratio between Yard and STS crane spreaders is fairly neutral giving no specific indication of high replacement activity in the terminals. Some of the orders below is however known to represent replacement spreaders for existing cranes.
“Increasing sales on a market which we believe to be relatively flat is a good start of the year. It confirms our strategy – high quality products combined with excellent local support – to be right”, says Lars Meurling, Marketing Director at Bromma. “This includes the availability of spare parts when the customers need them. The quality aspect is equally important when it comes to spares as it relates to the original spreaders in order to reach the safety and reliability levels one could expect from a Bromma spreader” he continues.
Larger orders received in Jan – April, 2015
• An order for 16 STS45 spreaders has been
received from Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT), Egypt
• Orders for 4 STS45 and 8 YSX40E spreaders
have been received for Mersin International Port, Turkey
• 24 YSX45E spreaders have been ordered for London
World Gateway, UK
• Georgia Ports Authority, USA has placed an order
for 20 YSX45 spreaders
• Orders for 18 YSX40E spreaders have been
received for Westports, Malaysia
• 14 YSX40E spreaders have been ordered for TECSA,
Columbia
• 6 STS45 spreaders have been ordered for DCT
Gdansk, Poland
• 4 STS45 spreaders have been ordered for Jaxport,
USA
• 8 YSX45E spreaders have been ordered for APMT
APAPA, Nigeria
• 7 YSX40E spreaders have been ordered for Port Said Container & Cargo Handling Co
• 6 YSX40E spreaders have been ordered for Terminal de Contenedores Quetzal, Guatemala
• 6 YSX40E spreaders have been ordered for Contecon Manzanillo SA, Mexico
• 5 YSX40E spreaders
have been ordered for ICTSI, Manila, Philippines
Stevedores working under the crane mounting and removing twistlocks on/from containers has since long been identified as one of the remaining big security risks in a container terminal. Numerous attempts to develop technology to eliminate the need of personnel working in the vicinity of suspended loads have been made during the years but with no or limited success.
The Automatic Lashing Platform, ALP, is the first fully automatic system for coning and de-coning of twistlocks on the market. The ALP, which can handle 20, 40, 45 and twin 20 foot containers, includes magazines in which the twistlocks are stored during
discharge and re-used during loading of a vessel. The storage capacity in the system is designed to handle a full bay of containers on a 14 000 TEU vessel on deck or under deck. The system can be installed as a stand-alone unit on the quay or integrated into a platform in the crane.
The interest from the industry is high and concrete discussions with several terminal operators ongoing.