Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from logistics service provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen to supply four heavy electric forklift trucks, two electric reachstackers, and three heavy terminal tractors for the company’s US operations.
The order also includes the Kalmar Insight fleet performance management tool and supports Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s strategic goal to reduce its onshore logistics emissions with its clean fleet initiative, whereby all new equipment, where practicable, is zero emission.
Svante Alverönn, vice president, global service solutions, at Kalmar, said: “We are extremely proud that Wallenius Wilhelmsen has chosen Kalmar equipment as part of its fleet renewal programme in the USA. This order is another clear demonstration of the rapidly rising demand for robust fully electric equipment that is capable of moving heavy loads, and represents the first sales of our electric reachstacker and heavy electric forklift to a customer in the USA.”
