New role for Gloria

T3 will open for business later this year as the world’s largest semi-automated facility. It features 1860m of quayside and a 70-hectare yard and will be part of Jebel Ali’s integrated multi-modal hub, offering sea, air and land connectivity.

Kalmar’s Gloria reachstacker is designed to handle loaded containers and has the capacity to stack 45t containers five high in the first row.

Fuel cost reduction, safety and increased operational efficiency using the latest automation technology were high on DP World’s agenda, and to achieve these goals, Gloria’s CAN bus technology is being interfaced with DP World’s local port automation system.

This interfacing provides constant data transfer of the truck’s key operating parameters, including fuel consumption, oil and water temperature, travel speed, and operating and idling hours. It also transmits data on the current working boom lift length and angle, together with the spreader height. For safety purposes, the twist lock/unlock condition and the spreader job type messages are also received.

These features contribute significantly towards safety and operational efficiency while the new ECO drive mode contributes to the reduction in fuel consumption.