Kalmar, the business area providing container handling solutions within Cargotec, has received an order for 30 straddle carriers from Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) of South Africa. The machines will be delivered to TPT's operations at Durban Container Terminal (DCT) in the Port of Durban starting in July 2008 with the final units arriving January 2009. The Port of Durban, which is Africa's busiest port, handled 2 million TEU in 2007. 
The unit prices for straddle carriers vary between EUR 700,000-900,000.
Kalmar has delivered more than 140 straddle carriers to TPT's container terminal operations in Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The units on order will able to stack containers 1-over-3 high, lift 40 tonnes and feature Kalmar's proven 7th generation technology.