卡尔玛流程自动化解决方案助力休斯顿港提升其RTG运营生产力及安全性

卡尔玛新闻摘要，2020年2月14日

卡尔玛赢得休斯顿港公共集装箱码头合同，为其提供一整套流程自动化解决方案，供该码头两个站点的轮胎式龙门吊（RTG）车队使用。此项订单涵盖硬件安装、调试及系统集成，已录入卡哥特科2019年第四季度订单，计划于2020年底完成。 

卡尔玛SmartStack可在码头管理系统（TOS）中自动更新实时堆垛集装箱库存数量，同时卡尔玛SmartMap可提供设备位置和集装箱路线的实时及历史可视化场景。  

卡尔玛客户及项目服务高级总监Mika Seppä表示：“该订单体现了客户对卡尔玛公路集卡装卸流程自动化解决方案的信赖，也是卡尔玛SmartStack迄今为止最大的单笔订单。休斯顿港将与另外52个北美码头共同部署单个或多个卡尔玛SmartPort解决方案。我们期待同休斯顿港携手合作，持续开发并升级SmartPort产品系列。” 

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has been awarded a contract to supply the Port of Houston public container terminals with a suite of process automation solutions for its rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane fleet, located across two sites. The order, which comprises hardware installation and commissioning as well as system integration, was booked in Cargotec's 2019 Q4 order intake, with the work scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020.

The Port of Houston handles about two-thirds of all the containerised cargo in the US Gulf of Mexico. The port is implementing the Kalmar SmartMap and Kalmar SmartStack process automation solutions for its fleet of over 100 Konecranes RTGs. The implementation work involves retrofitting and commissioning hardware on the cranes and performing related system integration work to integrate the solutions with the port’s Navis N4 terminal operating system (TOS).

Kalmar SmartMap provides real-time and historical visualisation of equipment location and container routing in the yard, while Kalmar SmartStack enables the creation of an automatically updated real-time stack container inventory in the TOS.

Mike Shaffner, Director Planning & Technology, Port of Houston: “Port Houston continually evaluates terminal solutions that will enhance operational performance and provide value to our customers and terminal users.”  

Mika Seppä, Senior Director, Customer and Project Services, Kalmar: “This order represents another significant vote of confidence in our process automation solutions for street-truck handling and is the largest single order for Kalmar SmartStack to date. The Port of Houston will join 52 other North American terminals which have deployed one or more Kalmar SmartPort solutions. We look forward to working with the Port of Houston to continuously develop and improve the SmartPort product suite.”

Further information for the press:

Mika Seppä, Senior Director, Customer and Project Services, Kalmar, tel. +1 562 618 4846

Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof@kalmarglobal.com

Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com

Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2019 totalled approximately EUR 3.7 billion and it employs around 12,500 people. www.cargotec.com