2019. Eurpope Opens up for CRS
2 New European markets open up for CRS, Lithuania for food grade products and Russia for Coal and Scrap metal
Lithuania was a food grade loading operation utilising a CRS Rotainer® Eurospec 38 upgraded to use with Rotorcon® 2900mm heavy duty containers. A CRS head frame was specially adapted so that CRS newly developed, innovate ‘E Link’, low centre of gravity hook connection could be utilised to allow for quick connection to either Liebherr or Gottwald MHC’s.
St Petersburg Russia saw installations for Scrap metal loading and other for a high volume Coal Export Terminal at Ulst Luga, one of Russia’s largest bulk export region.
The scrap metal operation saw the release of CRS’s 2900mm Scraptainer®, a highly modified CRS Rotorcon® container catering to the rigours of handling large volumes of scrap metal fast and efficiently making their current skip bin system antiquated and obsolete.
Ulst Luga. CRS was offered an opportunity to participate in a Coal operation that would involve the updating of 4 units, 10 year old, Kone STS cranes. CRS’s customer having recently received a contract to load approximately 2 Million tonnes of coal in a short term would be offer an extension to continue should loading rates promoted by CRS be achieved.
The clients current method of operation was a large skip bins operation that just did meet the outputs required. CRS, through their local agent offered the Rotainer at the solution.
35 to 40 container movements per crane was the criteria CRS had to comply with to be awarded the project. To enhance the client expectations and loading rates, CRS offered to develop a special, electronically managed, rotating head frame that would allow for N-S-E-W discharge which offered to dramatically increases loading rates rates.
CRS solution was 4 units, Rotainer Eurospec 38, with rotating head frames with CRS’s Coaltainer®, 2900mm heavy duty container. After a lengthy appraisal of competitive equipment, CRS was offered the supply for this project, furthermore, the client required a one source of supply, one source of responsibility procurement process, something only CRS can offer.
The project had been running successfully for just on 2 years, sometimes in blizzard conditions down to -28c
Simple facts after 2 years of service.
1 Rotainer Eurospec 38 has completed 39,000 cylces with no major component change-outs or lost time breakdowns.
Realistic average container loads 28 tonnes= 1,092,000 tonnes Coal loaded per Rotainer.
7000 cycles per CRS Coaltainer® = 3500 cycles per year.
CRS knows of no other, Open Top, High Cube Containers to have completed this amount of cycles in such a short periods of time, a record in anyones account, further testament to the quality of CRS’s well designed, well engineered, high quality products. A remarkable return on investment.