The terminals have taken delivery of ten energy efficient STILL forklift trucks, including five hybrid trucks, ordered by HCC Hanseatic Cruise Centers (HanseCC) from Uwe Kleinwort GmbH, a specialist in leasing terminal vehicles.
The purchase of the new fleet of forklift trucks has been driven by the desire to achieve significant reductions in energy consumption and CO2 emissions when handling cruise liners.
HanseCC says that the STILL RX 70 Hybrid is the first serially produced hybrid lift truck to use the transmission of electric power, which is generated when the vehicle brakes, to recover energy.
This energy is stored in double layer capacitors, known as ultracaps, before being made available to the forklift truck again. Industries in which frequent braking and acceleration takes place are thus ideal fields of application for the RX 70 Hybrid – so it’s particularly suited to loading and unloading cruise liners on cramped harbour docks.
Further green measures are in place at the Hamburg terminals to further reduce emissions and noise. These include, for example, the light management system at the Hamburg Cruise Center Altona, aimed at reducing electricity consumption.
Also, the provision of electric power supply connections on the pier ensures that the operation of the refrigerated trucks on hand is also greener.