Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers to Thessaloniki

Konecranes has received an order from the Thessaloniki Port Authority SA for 12 Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers. The delivery time is exceptionally short. The machines will be ready for acceptance in March 2019.

The Thessaloniki Port Authority SA, a privately listed company, is the Concessionaire and Operator of the Port of Thessaloniki, Greece. The Port of Thessaloniki comprises a container terminal and a conventional cargo terminal. This order is part of an ambitious growth program that the Port of Thessaloniki has embarked upon.

"We entrusted Konecranes with this important renewal of our container handling equipment because of the high productivity and reliability of these straddle carriers,” said Mr Sotirios Theofanis, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Thessaloniki Port Authority SA.

The straddle carriers on order are of the model NSC 644 E. They have a lifting capacity of 50 tons, lifting containers 1-over-3, with a maximum traveling speed of 24 km/hr. They will be equipped with the Konecranes Noell single-lift spreader model NES 42 F. All Konecranes Noell straddle carriers are prepared for subsequent automation as standard.

The contract includes a spare part package. In addition, a Konecranes engineer will be on stand-by at the terminal for three months, helping to train operators and ensuring that all the machines go into service successfully.

Further information: Peter Kania, Head of Straddle Carrier Sales, Konecranes Port Cranes
Email: peter.kania@konecranes.com or phone: +499312053216

Further information for investors and analysts: Eero Tuulos, Vice President Investor Relations, Konecranes
Email: eero.tuulos@konecranes.com or phone: +358204272050

This press release is available at our website konecranes.com

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment of all makes. In 2018, Group sales totaled EUR 3.16 billion. The Group has 16,100 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. Konecranes shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KCR).