The Cuenca del Plata Terminal SA (TCP) signed an agreement with the international company Kalmar for 20 hybrid straddle carriers for the Port of Montevideo within the framework of the improvement works that will involve an investment of 600 million dollars.
TCP – composed of 80% Katoen Natie and 20% of the National Port Administration (ANP) – closed an agreement with the international company Kalmar for the provision of vehicles for the improvement of the Port of Montevideo.
The firm recognized for being one of the leaders in the sector of transport and cargo handling worldwide will provide 20 hybrid straddle carriers and they are expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2024. The purchase of the machinery is part of the port’s improvement plan and fleet renewal.
On the other hand, an attempt is made to improve the environmental performance of the port. In addition, the order also includes coverage of Kalmar Insight For all machines, a performance management tool that transforms data into actionable information.
According to the general manager of TCP, Vincent Vandecauter The acquisition of the Kalmar machines “will allow us to improve productivity at TCP and, at the same time, reduce the fuel consumption of the equipment and carbon dioxide emissions.”
Meanwhile, the port and terminal sales manager of Kalmar Americas, Alexandre Esse, expressed its delight in welcoming Katoen Natie as a client and stated its support in “its journey towards more eco-efficient cargo handling operations”.
The ANP invested more than US$1,000M to optimize the Port of Montevideo
The National Port Administration (ANP) invested more than 1,000 million dollars in works to improve the infrastructure of the Port of Montevideo, with the aim of capturing more and more cargo for the country.
The head of the ANP, Juan Curbelo, He also highlighted that the measures promoted by the government encourage quality investments to optimize the maritime terminal and position it as a reference logistics center in what he described as a “thriving South America”.
What works are carried out in the Port of Montevideo?
The government authorized the works last year, with the aim of tripling the capacity of the Port of Montevideo, which recently traded a record amount. The maritime terminal will have a second container beach of 22 hectares and a pier 700 meters long and 14 meters deep.
The works are part of the agreement signed in February 2021 between the administration headed by the president Luis Lacalle Pou with the Belgian multinational Katoen Natie, today majority shareholder of the Cuenca del Plata Terminal (TCP), with 80% participation, against 20% of the ANP.
With the expansion, the Port of Montevideo It will have a capacity that will allow it to operate 3 million export, import and transit containers of merchandise per year.
Source: Ambito
