WorldCargo news WoodTainers for biomass plant


DB Rail Polska, part of DB Schenker Rail, is deploying the WoodTainer containerised wood- chip transportation system from Austria-based Innofreight to sup- ply the Elektrownia Siersza Rrzebinia biomass power station in Katowice, Poland. As previously reported, the


WoodTainer is an open top, tip- ping bulk container concept that is covered by a number of Innofreight patents. The 20ft long unit has a volumetric capacity of 46 m3. With a tare of 2.9t, this translates into a maximum gross load of 23t in woodchips. Typically in the Polish appli-


cation, three units are toploaded by wheel loaders on 60ft rail cars. On arrival at the power plant, the containers are offloaded by en- gaging a heavy FLT in the fork pockets. The


37t-1200 FLTs are


equipped with an “endless” rotat- ing fork carriage and tilt the con- tainers through 90deg to discharge the woodchips. As the woodchips can be moisture-laden and “sticky”


adopted by Innotainer when it introduced the WoodTainer to transport woodchips


from saw


mills to paper mills in Austria sev- eral years ago (see WorldCargo News April 2006, p31). The Siersza plant, which be-


longs to Tauron DB Schenker Rail, is being supplied with train loads of up to 1250t, equivalent to around 50 tipper trucks. Trains are moved overland from the east, or


south from the ports of


Szczecin, which is controlled by another DB group company. Discharge rate is reckoned to /h, or 280-300


be around 800 m3


The WoodTainer system provides a flexible means of transporting wood chips to biomass power plants


or “frozen,” the driver may need to rotate the Woodtainer from side to side to obtain full discharge. The requirement for a 37t FLT to tip and safely “shake” the


WoodTainers weighing 17t-25t (depending on wood type and moisture content) in all weather conditions is borne out of prac- tice in Nordic countries. It was


tph. Depending on customer needs, environmental require- ments and the commodity to be transported, a tilt top version of the design can be provided. The containers can also be used for coal, coke and other bulks. Innofreight offers a complete


range of lease and hire options for Woodtainer and the associated handling equipment, together with maintenance and service programmes.


CARGO HANDLING NEWS


Boost for RAM in the Americas


RAM Spreaders has reported or- ders for six 20-40ft single lift spreaders for mobile harbour crane (MHC) applications in Bra- zil, inclusing four for a customer in the Port of Santos. On top of that, four RAM spreaders will be fitted to new MHCs being sup- plied to a terminal on the US West Coast. It


is not clear whether the


spreaders have been ordered by the end users or the OEM(s), al- though normally with new MHC contracts the spreader is sourced by the OEM. RAM’s 41t SWL type 2700 single lift MHC spreader is specifi- cally designed with weight saving features, to maximise the crane’s lifting capacity at longer outreaches. It is of a robust, double beam design that has less inertia when be- ing rotated unladen, says RAM. The spreader is fitted with six


RAM Spreaders


success in the Americas


claims growing


hydraulically-actuated flippers. RAM never gives details of customer orders, but it clams to be the number two in crane spreader s worldwide,


after


Bromma, and the leading “inde- pendent” supplier. ● RAM has appointed Johnny Medranda as regional manager for the Caribbean, Central and South America. Based in Ecuador, Medranda is a former commer- cial manager of the Ecuadorean Port of Manta. RAM says its North American regional man- ager, Marty Pilsch, based in Bal- timore, has successfully penetrated new markets in the region, and the appointment of Medranda re- flects the need to increase its sup- port organisation for its growing list of customers in Latin America.


Bolipuertos books big Kalmar order


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Hard on the heels of major Kalmar equipment deals for DP World, London Gateway (ASCs and manual shuttle carriers), and Trapac, Los Angeles (ASCs and robotised


shuttle handling Bolipuertos deal car r iers),


Cargotec has announced an or- der to supply 54 pieces of Kalmar mobile


plant compr ises to (Bolivar iana de


Puertos SA), the Venezuelan port authority. The


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DRF450-65 reach stackers, four DRF100-54 EC reach stackers, 19 Ottawa 4x2 yeard tractors, three DCF80-45 EC masted lift trucks and


four general purpose


DCE160-12 16t FLTs. All the equipment, which was


booked in October following months of negotiations, will be delivered this year, mostly to Puerto Cabello and La Guaira. Other


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Bolipuertos operated are by Guanta,


Maracaibo, El Guanache and La Ceiba. At the time of writing, four reach stackers have been delivered. Bolipuertos already operates more than 100 pieces of mobile


The reach stackers for Bolipuertos are coming from Sweden


container handling plant and is now looking to standardise on suppliers. The new equipment and spare parts will be backed by Cargotec’s


local dealer,


Comercíalizadora Tecnaval CA, based in Caracas. Bolipuertos also booked a sub-


stantial number of reefer power packs, bomb carts and ancillary equipment from Miami-based Cargo Equipment Solutions Inc. Meanwhile, Bolipuertos has signed an agreement with the Leixões port authority in Portu- gal, covering personnel training and transfer of know-how. This is part of a new Venezuela-Portugal trade deal worth €1B. Already Bolipuertos has en- gaged a consortium including Portugal’s Mota Engil to expand the Port of La Luaira (see last month’s WorldCargo News, p34). Mota-Engil owns Tertir, which


in turn owns TCL Leixões, argu- ably Portugal’s most productive container terminal operator


November 2011


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