A reachstacker is a vehicle used for handling
intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. It is
also able to transport containers short distances very quickly, and pile them
in various rows depending on its access.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Deputy-Chief
Executive of COCOBOD in charge of Operations, Nana-Oduro Owusu, was grateful to
Pasico Ghana for its role in acquiring the reachstackers.
According to him, acquisition of the machines
is very critical to Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) operations at the various
ports, considering the enormous challenges associated with cocoa shipment.
“Reachstackers iare very important to our port
operations. Annually, such service was valued at around US$1.7million; now this
money will come to the Board, since we will be rendering the services ourselves,”
he stressed.
Nana-Oduro Owusu also charged operators of the
machines to carry out routine servicing and also use them for their intended
purpose to increase the equipment’s life-span.
Mr. Kwaku Okoh, Managing Director of Pasico
Ghana Limited - facilitator of the acquisition, was grateful to COCOBOD for the
confidence reposed in them to supply various cargo-handling equipment for
efficiency at the ports.
Dr. Kwame Mensah Aborampah, Acting Managing Director
of Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) - a subsidiary of COCOBOD that will directly
benefit from the Reachstackers, expressed his gratitude to COCOBOD since the
move has fulfilled their dream of modernising CMC’s port operations.
The Reachstackers, which are valued at 1.4
million euros, will be positioned at the Tema, Kumasi, and Takoradi take-over
centres and are expected to improve efficiency at the ports.
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