Cabooter Group officially receives Kalmar’s electric reachstacker

Following a six-month testing phase, Kalmar has officially handed over its first completely electric reachstacker to its long-term partner Cabooter Group.

The reachstacker will continue to operate at Cabooter Group’s Greenport Venlo intermodal terminal in the Netherlands’ southeast.

The Kalmar electric reachstacker, with lifting capabilities of up to 45 tonnes, increases cargo-handling operations’ eco-efficiency while allowing clients to retain the greatest standards of productivity and safety....

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New rail connection between Rotterdam & Venlo

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II has set up a new rail shuttle to the Cabooter Terminal in Venlo. Under the new schedule, a total of three trains will be loading and unloading at this terminal every week. The trains will carry both import and export cargo. The new initiative doubles the number of rail connections between Rotterdam and Venlo’s Cabooter Terminal.

“The shuttle to Venlo will help us to move containers more quickly from Rotterdam to the hinterland,” says Roy de Haan, APM’s Head of...

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