18.05.2016

Oslo contract for Kalmar

Port equipment manufacturer Kalmar has signed a long term service agreement with the Norway’s Yilport Oslo Terminal.

Kalmar will assume full responsibility for all maintenance activities at the terminal including management, service execution, logistics, spare part warehousing and seven day round the clock support. Yilport’s fleet already includes Kalmar equipment, including eight Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes, one ship-to-shore crane, and a range of mobile equipment. The port also operates three Konecranes STS cranes and will lease two Kalmar reach stackers with K-Motion and two reach stackers for empty container handling as part of the deal.
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Kalmar will assume full responsibility for all maintenance activities at Norway’s Yilport Oslo Terminal

The terminal, the country’s largest container port, was officially opened in April with plans to increase container throughput from 210,000 to 450,000 Twenty Foot Equivalents a year.

Regional general manager for Yilport Eryn Dinyovszky added: "Kalmar Care solution is nicely tailored to fit our needs and the framework of the contract gives us the ability to work together openly towards building this service partnership. We see value in this approach and have the confidence that Kalmar service team will keep our terminal in optimal shape.”

Kalmar service operation manager Bredo Steen-Gundersen said: "Together with Yilport Oslo, we are now establishing world class service partnership which goes the extra mile to make their terminal operation a true success in Oslo. Our Kalmar care team is experienced in servicing automated and semi-automated terminals and can assure smooth operations also at Yilport Oslo Terminal. We will make sure that the terminal can focus and expand on their core, moving containers and we will take care of the rest.”