Puerto Caacupe-mi selected N4 due to the TOS’ flexibility to adapt to individual customer needs, and at the same time, achieve greater agility, efficiency and control in handling large cargo volumes. In addition, the Puerto Caacupe-mi Asuncion and Pilar terminals will implement Kalmar SmartFleet, offering real time and historical data for remote equipment monitoring for all tracked assets, as well as Kalmar SmartMap, providing a terminal view of the operations. Together, the Kalmar solutions will increase security and productivity with yard operations, improve the quality of information and reduce human error and enhance terminal truck operator efficiency. By implementing these SmartPort modules along with the N4 TOS, Puerto Caacupe-mi Asuncion and Pilar will experience improved efficiency at the ports, achieve competitive advantages in the region and above all, provide better service to its customers. 

“The biggest challenge for us is adapting to constantly changing market demands and customer needs. With N4 and SmartPort, we hope to improve the way our customers are serviced and, at the same time, increase efficiency and control,” said Fernando Leri Frizza, President at Puerto Caacupe-mi. “In the next ten years, providing customized information to customers will be an industry standard. We chose Navis and Kalmar because we wanted to provide customers with tailor-made solutions and information now, and at the same time, achieve improved operations at our sites.”

With an annual TEU of 100,000 and 250 percent growth in volume during the past 24 months, it was essential for Puerto Caacupe-mi to implement N4 and SmartPort to meet the evolving needs of its customers. Additionally, with anticipated growth of 50 percent over the next five years, Puerto Caacupe-mi understands the value of having advanced technology solutions in place to optimize operations and achieve efficiency as competitive advantages.

“Collaborating with Kalmar to optimize the operations at Puerto Caacupe-mi is a significant milestone for the region. As the technologies integrate seamlessly, Puerto Caacupe-mi Asuncion and Pilar will both benefit greatly from this collaboration,” said Martin Bardi, Senior Sales Director, Americas for Navis. “We’re eager to establish a go-live date and allow the facilities to achieve greater agility and deliver consistently for their customers. With N4 and SmartPort solutions in place, Puerto Caacupe-mi will be able to facilitate its aggressive growth trajectory.”

“When we’ve combined Navis and Kalmar technologies in the past, our customers have been impressed with the results. We’re looking forward to delivering both Navis and Kalmar solutions at the Puerto Caacupe-mi terminals,” says John Scott, Vice President, Automation at Kalmar. “While N4 and SmartPort will be achieving separate tasks, at the end of the day, the two technologies will accelerate the efficiency and growth of the ports in the region and within the industry at large.”

Alpherium has an annual throughput capacity of 116,000 TEU and 60,000m2 of storage space making it one of the larger inland terminals in the Netherlands.A daily container barge service connects the terminal to and from the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp

Alpherium is equipped with two gantry cranes and can accommodate four barges at the same time. The terminal relieves the roads in South Holland annually from 7.5 million truck kilometers and aspirations are to increase this to 10 million kilometers per year.

Director Diederik Antvelink of Alpherium explained that recent growth caused them to replace an existing Kalmar reachstacker by ‘Gloria’ to achieve more efficiency and better reliablility.

The terminal opened in 2010 and the investment was made from its own cash flow.

Gloria is the fifth generation Kalmar reachstacker since its introduction in 1985. Compared to the existing DRF Kalmar reachstackers Gloria has a completely new EGO cabin with for example increased visibility of 90%, specially designed joystick and ergonomically designed, laterally adjustable handlebars, control console and pedals.

In addition, there is much improved in the field of electronics (including redundant CAN -bus system, improved connections and temperature-dependent cooling) and hydraulic (load dependent variable hydraulic pumps).

Gloria comes standard with a 24 month warranty or 4,000 operating hours. Maintenance is easier and cheaper through longer maintenance intervals and improved electronic fault signal and interfaces.

Options include 3 Eco-modes (fuel savings up to 20%), start-stop system (fuel savings up to 10%), tire pressure monitoring and a front axle with independently rotating front wheels for a big improvement in tire wear. All of these improvements will lead to more comfort for the driver and lower costs per operating hour plus reduced tire wear.

The upgraded terminal will be capable of handling 3 million TEU a year.
 
Mott MacDonald will design a new deep water quay adjacent to the existing deep water quay and new container stacking yards which will operationally link with existing facilities. The design will include the deepening of the existing harbour basin, new buildings and redevelopment of existing buildings, new utility facilities such as electrical substations and a main substation building, as well as underground utilities installations. Once complete the new quay will serve the world’s largest container vessels.
 
Marian Kurlanda, Mott MacDonald’s project director, said: “DCT Gdansk is Poland’s largest and fastest growing container facility and is the only deepwater terminal in the Baltic Sea region which receives direct ocean vessel calls from the Far East. Our appointment to this prestigious project builds on our current involvement in major international port projects in Taiwan, South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom.”
 
The quay is due to be completed by the end of 2016.

The crane, which has a weight of 1,182 tons, and a boom height of around 115 meters, is worth around EUR 7.3 million and is one of the most important components of the future regional container trans-shipment hub. Director General of Klaipeda Seaport, Arvydas Vaitkus stated, “Container handling in Klaipeda Seaport is growing most rapidly, thus improving conditions for accepting larger containerships which allows us to move to a new qualitative level. In the first quarter of 2014, Klaipeda Port handled a third more containerised cargo than during the same period last year; it is forecasted that growth trends are going to continue.”

In 2013, Klaipedos Smelte ordered 3 STS Post-Panamax cranes; the first one was delivered last fall, the second one now, and the last one is expected to reach Klaipeda in the beginning of this summer.

According to the representatives of Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, container handling is an area where the name and competence of Klaipeda Port are already high. “This was achieved because of the Klaipeda Container Terminal, which has been performing container handling in Klaipeda Port for a decade. In 2013, the Port Authority completed the construction of additional quay for this terminal and increased terminal water side capacity. We are going to continue the improvement of container handling conditions,” said Vaitkus.

In the first quarter of 2014, Klaipeda Port handled 35 per cent more containerised cargo than during the same period last year. 1.023.362 tons were handled in January through March, 2013; 1.383.075 tons – in January through March, 2014.