The German manufacturer has supplied two additional reach stackers to Cia. Bandeirantes Logistica Integrada in Santos.

“We started operation with our first Terex reach stacker in 2005 and since then we have systematically expanded our fleet to six machines,” said José Eduardo Ornellas Priante, maintenance manager at Bandeirantes. “In our terminal in Santos, we have to make use of the space as efficiently as possible. So we need compact and manoeuvrable machines which can stack containers as high as possible. With the equipment from TPS we managed to increase our stock capacity by approximately 30%.”

The TFC 46 M reach stacker can stack up to six full high-cube containers (9’6”) in the first row and up to five in the second row. The maximum load capacity is 45t in the first, 35t in the second and 19t in the third row. It has a maximum travel speed of 25km/h and a lifting speed of 0.48m/s.

TPS has also installed a second Terex Gottwald portal harbour crane in the bulk terminal of Fospar S.A. Fertilizantes Fosfatados do Paraná in Paranagua, which is a subsidiary of Mosaic, a Brazilian phosphate and potash producer.

The Model 4 crane in the G HSK 4316 B variant supports an identical crane which was delivered in 2012. They are both used together to handle fertiliser on the finger pier of the terminal, where they have replaced two obsolete cranes.

“The cranes unload seven to ten ships a month with an average of 30,000t of fertiliser on board and even open up further potential for us in view of constantly increasing handling rates,” said Ronaldo Sapateiro, port manager at Mosaic.

The machines offer a maximum lifting capacity of 33.8t with a radius of 32m. There were delivered with two dedicated mechanical grabs for the fertiliser: one grab can lift up to 14.7m³ fertiliser with a density of up to 1.6t/m³, the other is designed for 19.5m³ of fertiliser with a maximum density of 1.2t/m³.