THE FIRST Mobicon was sold in the UK market was recently delivered to Karl King Transport in Suffolk, England.
Karl King Transport (KKT) operates from Ipswich which is closely located to UK’s largest container port of Felixstowe – a major transport gateway to Europe.
Mobicon, a modern and flexible container handler, was sourced as part of KKT’s goal of offering alternative strategies than those provided by receipting full box lots directly from the vessel.
According to Karl King, KKT were looking for a system to ‘better manage’ on-site container handling and de-stuffing processes. The company was previously loading from container ramps and wanted to look at alternative solutions.
“The restricted working yard and receiving locations at the Ipswich operations centre was becoming congested and containers were unable to be de-stuffed in a timely manner.
“Trailers were required to be unhitched and left in the yard for de-stuffing at alternative times; hence more trailer assets were required to complete the freight task,” Kind said.
Warehousing and receipting operations were also being disadvantaged by poor trailer locations in the yard. Overtime, stress and extended working hours were also impacting on security, safety, product damage, demurrage and operating costs for the transport company.
According to King, the load carrying capacity of the yard pavement was assessed and it was recognised that the pavement was unsuitable for the use of large fork lifts or the preferred reach stacker concepts in the UK.
Kind said the container handling solution provided by Mobicon has improved efficiency and reduced costs by totally transforming the way the company worked.
“This has allowed us to lay off a expensive night shift, as the work can now all be done in the day. Forklift wear has been reduced and we all feel that it has improved safety in our yard,” he said.
Some of the other benefits KKT said they gained included improved yard efficiency, elimination of night shift, significant reduction in container handling costs and increased ability to operate in tight and congested areas.
For more information contact:
Mobicon Systems
Damian Cosgriff
E – damianc@mobiconsystems.com
W – www.mobiconsystems.com
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