Original news was published 7 October, 2014

KALMAR, part of Cargotec, is to supply four 45-ton capacity reachstackers in February in Hutchison's UK port of Felixstowe, 70 miles northeast of London. The reachstackers will be supplied with a telescopic Bromma spreader, which incorporates fully integrated overheight legs for out-of-gauge cargo handling.

"The lifting boom attachment options and rotation possibilities allow the driver to improve the work efficiency of the unit," said Kalmar's British marketing chief Dave Patterson.The Kalmar has already supplied the Port of Felixstowe with eight reachstackers, three loaded container handlers and 15 empty handlers already in use.

The Hong Kong-owned port is the UK's busiest container port, handling 3.7 million TEU annually.

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