STRADDLE CARRIERS
BLT WORLD’s new Mobicon container handler improves efficiency, lowers costs and ensures greater safety
Material handling specialists, BLT WORLD, has launched the new Mobicon 2HL series mini straddle carriers in Africa. Mobicon container handlers – key machines in BLT WORLD’s range of container handling equipment are designed for lifting containers securely onto and off trucks and for moving loads around sites, to significantly reduce onsite
congestion, making the yard a safer workplace. Mobicon straddle carriers increase operational efficiency and reduce demurrage costs for trucks waiting to be loaded and unloaded. These mobile container handlers
move loads efficiently around sites, through warehouse doors, effectively taking the container to the stack or the receiving point. Other advantages include easy handling of ramps and speed bumps, faster container handling times in all weather conditions and minimal damage to contents normally caused by long lift truck runs. “One of the biggest problems associated with using conventional equipment to load and unload containers is damage caused to yards and pavements that are not designed for carrying heavyweights,” says Ken Mouritzen, managing director, BLT WORLD. “Mobicon container handlers have excellent manoeuvrability and can turn in tight spaces, utilising all parts of the yard. They can travel on pavements, on unpaved terrain and in restrictive areas where a forklift or heavy equipment cannot operate. With the Mobicon system, there is no damage to yards and therefore no need for costly repairs. This flexible system requires little maintenance, unlike conventional container handling equipment, like