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more market price volatility, it is once again under the spotlight. The ability to quickly, safely and efficiently handle containers is always highly prized – but even more so during a crisis that is driving up energy prices. Looking beyond the short term, there are several longer-term drivers that are impacting product development and technology adoption. “The container handling equipment market in general and the spreader market specifically has been positive over the past few years,” says Lars Meurling, vice president of marketing for Bromma Group. He believes a plausible explanation is the post-pandemic effect, where capacity expansion projects that were postponed during Covid. This effectively led to a period of double expansion once the pandemic receded. “The re-routing around Africa avoiding the Suez Canal has also triggered capacity expansions on, for instance, the west and northwest coast of Africa contributing to the positive market development,” he adds. “Bromma, being one of the major spreader suppliers, has been able to maintain market share during this period of positive market development.”
Key trends for the sector Based on communications with its customers, Bromma believes that three defining trends in container handling today are sustainability, digitalisation and safety. “To address these, Bromma treats the modern spreader as a ‘Swiss army knife’ for the terminal: the spreader’s steel structure remains robust and reliable cargo handling equipment, but it is designed to constantly accept new tools – both spreader options and digital tools – as terminal needs evolve.” Regarding sustainability, Bromma is electrifying its product portfolio. “We are moving from hydraulic models to all-electric yard and
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STS spreaders to cut use-phase emissions for our customers,” it says. Meanwhile, digital tools help to minimise downtime. “When we consider how to help our customers optimise their operations, we realise that terminals want to predict failures before they happen,” it says. “The fastest way is to adopt digital tools for thorough issue analysing and predictive maintenance.” It addresses this via the Bromma Spreader
Monitoring System (SMS). This is a cloud-native platform that streams real-time operational data from the spreader directly to the terminal’s asset
management system, allowing for proactive, fact-based maintenance. And, of course, safety remains high on the agenda. “Today, we are engineering our spreaders to act as the ‘eyes’ of the crane,” says Bromma. “Using technology like Hawkeye cameras and advanced sensor arrays, we are automating hazard detection to protect cargo and personnel.” Meanwhile, Elme Spreader says it encounters a wide range of trends across different industries and product segments. “To address this, we strive to meet both the demand for more standardised, high-volume solutions as well as more
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