{"id":3828,"date":"2023-11-03T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2023\/11\/03\/kingston-opts-for-hybrid-benefits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:07:23","slug":"kingston-opts-for-hybrid-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/products-services-greenport\/kingston-opts-for-hybrid-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston opts for hybrid benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to Kalmar straddle carriers, KFTL\u2019s equipment fleet includes Kalmar reachstackers, empty container handlers and terminal tractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKalmar\u2019s strong local support, proactive customer service and industry-leading hybrid technology are the main drivers behind this order,\u201d said Serge Lyzun, head of engineering and maintenance, KFTL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new-generation hybrid machines will bring a range of benefits for our operations, in particular their ability to help us increase productivity while reducing equipment fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Performance management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers will be connected to the Kalmar Insight performance management tool. Kalmar will also deliver a comprehensive spare parts package to support ongoing maintenance of the machines by local technicians.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2015, KFTL is a strategic transshipment hub in the Caribbean and part of Terminal Link, a joint venture between CMA CGM and China Merchants Port.<\/p>\n<p>The order was booked in Cargotec\u2019s 2023 Q3 order intake with delivery of all machines scheduled to be completed during Q2 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) will receive 12 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers as part of a fleet renewal programme to improve performance, reliability and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,22],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-3828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas-greenport","category-products-services-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3830,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3828\/revisions\/3830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3828"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=3828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}