b'NOVEMBER 2024TERMINAL OPERATORS & STEVEDORES 15Kalmar and APM Terminals reinforce collaboration with new straddle carrier orderKalmar and APM Terminals reinforce long-term collaboration with new straddle carrier orderKalmarhasconcludedassumeresponsibilityforthe asignificantagreementtointegration of the new machines supplyAPMTerminalsinwiththecustomersterminal Tangier, Morocco with a fur- operatingsystemviaKalmar ther 20 Kalmar hybrid strad- Onesoftware,complemented dle carriers. The units will beby professional services, main-deployedat APM Terminalstenance and support.MedPortTangier.TheorderArto Keskinen, President, was booked in Kalmars Q3HorizontalTransportation, 2024 order intake, with deliv- Kalmar:Wearedelighted eryoftheunitsstaggeredthatAPMTerminalshas across Q2 and Q3 of 2025. chosen to continue our long-Openedin2019,APMterm collaboration by extend-Terminals MedPort Tangier is aing their fleet with our hybrid transshipment terminal locatedstraddlecarriertechnology. at the Tanger Med 2 port com- As with previous orders, the plex.Theterminalservesthemachines will be configured, major shipping routes betweentestedandpre-integrated Europe,Africa,theAmericassothattheycanbeadopted and the Far East and comple- smoothly and safely.mentstheAPMTerminals TangierfacilityattheTanger Med 1 port complex.TangerMed2currently operates a fleet of 65 Kalmar straddlecarriers.Kalmarwill (EQUIPcontinued from page 14)concession,theCMACGM Group and Marsa Maroc will make major investments total-ing $280 million, with the aim of achieving an annual terminal output of 1.2 million TEUs. 18CapableofhandlingtheCLOSERworlds largest container ships withamaximumdraughtof meters,theterminalwill eventuallybeequippedwith 8 transshipment cranes, com-pared with 6 at present, and 24 electric RTGs, compared with 15 at present. IdeallylocatedintheON THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN WASHINGTON STATEstrategicGibraltarzone,inFASTERtheBayofBetoya,onthe Oued Kert estuary, the port of Nador WestMedhassig-nificant assets to complement the CMA CGM Groups ter-minals in the strategic West-ern Mediterranean zone. Thanks to Moroccos greenDIRECT CONNECTIONS TO MAINLINE RAIL & INTERSTATE HIGHWAYShydrogeninproductionsector,SMARTERNador West Med is also des-tinedtobecomeamaritime bunkering hub for new synthetic energiestheMediterranean (e-methane and e-methanol), notablyfortheCMACGM Groups fleet of dual-fuel gas and methanol vessels.RodolpheSaad,Chair- STORAGE OPTIONS & FOREIGN TRADE ZONE SPACEmanandChiefExecutiveBETTEROfficeroftheCMACGM Group,said:Moroccois positioningitselfasastrate-gic logistics and port hub with stronggrowthpotential.The partnershipweareentering into with Marsa Maroc marks a key step for the CMA CGM Group,strengtheningourON-DOCK RAIL & DUAL-SERVED BY BNSF & UPpresencethroughtheNador West Med container terminal. Our ambition is to support the countrysdevelopment,par-ticularly in the forward-look- CONTACT US AT [email protected] | PORTOFLONGVIEW.COMingsectorsoflogisticsand alternative energies.'