Tandem™

Bromma's Tandem™ line are spreaders especially made for twin-lifting 40' and 45' containers.

Container handling is a growth industry, and this represents both opportunity and challenge for today’s terminal managers. Turning higher volume into higher profits isn’t automatic. It requires efficiency of operations – the ability to push more boxes, in the same amount of time, through an existing space. One way to unload mega-ships faster is to increase cycle speed. However, progress in this area has proved difficult. There are significant hurdles to increasing cycle speed – anti-sway issues and driver control issues.

However, other productivity approaches – especially changes in spreader design – have had a dramatic impact on efficiency. Studies indicate that TEU moved per ship-to-shore crane can vary as much as 40% between comparable terminals. The type of spreader used, and the brand of spreader selected, can have a  major impact on operating efficiency.

The Bromma Tandem Line of spreaders is a new productivity tool for an industry that’s hungry for productivity. Bromma Tandem offers the opportunity to increase the productivity of each lift cycle, due to its ability to twin-lift 40' or 45' containers, or simultaneously lift two or four 20' containers using the Tandem STS45 type.

With opportunity always comes challenge. 9,600 TEU ships represent opportunity, but they bring with them this question: can terminals find a way to "rewrite the rules" of ship loading and unloading, so that higher volume will also translate into higher profit, with manageable congestion? Of course this is not a new challenge. For centuries the harbour has been the hub of world trade. Once cargo was unloaded by hand, in a process that might continue for weeks.

 

Today Bromma Tandem is again rewriting the rules of cargo management, by providing a new productivity tool to an industry hungry for productivity. For terminals moving a significant number of 40' or 45' containers, Bromma Tandem has the potential to significantly boost the efficiency of each lift cycle.

 

Think twice as productive

Chances are that whatever your container mix is today, it will be somewhat different tomorrow, and that whatever your container volume is today, it will be somewhat greater tomorrow. Bromma Tandem is a spreader solution that helps your terminal in both areas – providing both a productivity boost and an extremely versatile lifting tool. Bromma Tandem can increase productivity when loading and unloading those sections of container ships stacked with 40' containers. It is also ideal for terminals with a high volume of empty containers and cranes with limited lifting capacity.

 

Bromma Tandem has the ability to simultaneously lift up to four 20' containers, or two 40' containers, or two 45' containers, or a single 20' container with a fully loaded 40' container, or many other combinations including hetch covers. It can easily handle container height differences of up to 700 mm, and has an average cycle time of between 60 and 90 seconds. Moreover, except for lifting capacity, there is no need for a special crane design.

With Bromma’s pioneering SCS² spreader technology, terminals can swop spreaders between different cranes, and install new spreader models, such as Tandem, without any concern about the interface with other spreader models. Bromma has a long tradition of innovation. Innovation is linked to a core value at Bromma – to listen to the customer. Yet, while Bromma Tandem is innovative, it is also important to note that it is based on a simple technical approach that features spreader design and  technology with proven reliability.
Bromma Tandem is not a complicated solution. Except for sufficient lifting capacity, there is no need for a special crane design. The inherent versatility of Bromma Tandem makes it an ideal choice for terminals that are looking to the horizon and operating with a long-term perspective when making spreader fleet planning decisions.

 

Think twice as versatile

Bromma’s Tandem Line is not only twice the spreader. It’s also backed by twice the support. While you can try to copy a spreader, it’s really impossible to copy a company. Welding steel is one thing; shaping a strong, customer-friendly culture that pursues excellence in all things is something else. Bromma is a Scandinavian company – serious about its products, serious about its commitments. You know what you get with Bromma.

 

Further, the benefits of choosing Bromma – Bromma the product plus Bromma the company – can have a very direct impact on the bottom line. In the end, spreader performance is directly correlated with terminal profitability – higher productivity and higher reliability lead to higher profits. Which is why the ultimate question isn’t what a spreader initially costs – it’s what a spreader earns over its lifetime. This is why the choice of a spreader – and especially the choice of a next-generation spreader – is also the choice of a company.

Bromma Tandem is backed by unmatched aftersales support: a global and highly experienced spreader technician team; generous spreader training programs; major investment in spare parts inventory; and a culture committed to fixing problems. At Bromma, spreaders are our only business. Focus is a good thing for most companies. It is easier to be the best at one thing than at many things. At Bromma this focus on spreaders has produced a single-minded company dedicated to long-term customer support. You can try to copy a spreader, but you can’t copy a company. Bromma Tandem: twice the performance, backed by twice the company.

 

Think twice the support