HHLA selects Kalmar to help increase Burchardkai capacity

HHLA selects Kalmar to help increase Burchardkai capacity    Hamburg-based terminal and intermodal operator Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus AG (HHLA) has ordered Kalmar Industries’ automatic stacking crane (ASC) system to help convert the Container Terminal Burchardkai facility at the port of Hamburg into a semi-automated operation.
   HHLA plans to increase the Burchardkai terminal’s annual capacity to 5.2 million TEUs, from about 2.7 million TEUs handled last year, by re-engineering the operation and converting the main part of the conventional straddle carrier container storage area to an ASC system by the year 2015.
   Kalmar will equip the first five yard stacking blocks with 15 ASCs, along with their automation and control systems, during 2007 and 2008. The first cranes will arrive at Burchardkai at the beginning of 2007. The contract includes an option for an additional 75 ASCs.