P&O Ports enters contract with Kalmar in Antwerp

P&O Ports enters contract with Kalmar in Antwerp    P&O Ports has entered a contract with Kalmar to provide it with maintenance, engineering support, and spare parts for 20 straddle carriers operating at its new Antwerp Gateway terminal.
   The contract, based on a fixed hourly rate, will run for about two years. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.
   “In practice, workload at the terminal is now divided between P&O Ports and Kalmar technical staff, whereby the former operate the machinery during the night and Sundays, and the latter during the day from Monday to Saturday,” P&O Ports said in a statement.