KALMAR, a part of Cargotec, has been chosen provide its Kalmar Fleet Solution of mobile equipment to Australian Container Freight Services (ACFS) operations in Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne
KALMAR, a part of Cargotec, has been chosen provide its Kalmar Fleet Solution of mobile equipment to Australian Container Freight Services (ACFS) operations in Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne. ACFS, Australia's largest privately owned container logistics operator, has placed an order for three DCG100 Empty Container Handlers and two of DRG450- Reachstackers, which have been booked into Cargotec 2018 Q2 order intake.
In addition to this, the Kalmar Fleet Solution will also allow ACFS to purchase a rental fleet, enabling efficient movement of cargo with minimal downtime.
Kalmar said in a press release that ACFS began discussing their needs with company roughly 12 months ago. In order to better understand the customer needs, Kalmar reviewed some of ACFS' operations and offered several suggestions to improve efficiencies and safety on the site.
Such suggestions included introducing a greater lift capacity over the second rail line and elevated cabin heights for the DCG Empty Container Handler, to improve the operator visibility which assists on improving safety in the work environment.
Said ACFS general manager Tim Holmes: 'With the Fleet Solution that Kalmar provides, we do not have to worry about breakdown and downtime as they are well covered by Kalmar in their fully maintained rental solution. This allows us to focus on our core business to deliver best class container freight logistics to our customers.'
