The Turkish terminal operator, managing 22 facilities worldwide, has ordered 27 Kalmar machines - 12 heavy terminal tractors, 11 reachstackers, and four empty container handlers.

The Port of Oslo will receive three Eco reachstackers and two reachstackers for empty container handling; the Leixões Container Terminal - two Eco reachstackers; Yilport Huelva - one Eco reachstacker and four heavy terminal tractors; Yilport Gebze - one Eco reachstacker and two empty container handlers; Puerto Bolívar - two reachstackers and two empty container handlers; and Gävle Container Terminal - eight heavy terminal tractors.

The delivery of all machines is scheduled for Q3 and Q4 of 2021.

The Port of Oslo and Gävle Container Terminal have a Kalmar Optimal Care service agreement in place which will cover all the new equipment. Yilport Huelva and Leixões Container Terminal are supported by Kalmar's on-call services, while Gebze and Puerto Bolivar will be serviced and supported by Kalmar's local dealers.

"Our collaboration with Kalmar has been extremely beneficial for our business operations at all our terminals. Not only have they provided excellent support to help identify exactly the right equipment solutions for our needs, but they are able to back these solutions up with high-quality local after-sales support at all our locations to help keep our fleet running efficiently and reliably," Raymond Höhle, CTO, Yilport.

To this Jürgen Wurzer, Director, Key Account Industry, Kalmar, added, "We are delighted that Yilport has once again chosen to refresh their equipment fleet with a variety of reliable, proven Kalmar solutions. With our holistic and flexible offering we can address all of Yilport's requirements and respond quickly to meet their changing needs."

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