When Container Stuffing gets tough, the tough bring in a C-Loader

Aug. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- “The C-Loader is the fastest, safest container loader capable of transferring an entire load in 4-minutes or less while minimizing damage to shipping containers and the product”

Auburn, WA—(August 16,  2011) – Six months ago CSL installed and commissioned its first operational C-Loader on site at  a major Canadian Transloader, Quickload, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Quickload has used the C-Loader to load finished lumber into ocean containers for export.  The C-Loader dramatically increased Quickload’s loading efficiency and productivity while reducing collateral damage to both product and containers.  

The C-Loader is specifically designed to load lumber or palletized goods into containers. As forklifts load an entire 55-60,000 lbs. on the ruggedly constructed load platform, the C-Loaders’ built in load scale and balance system allows the operator to control the weight and balance to within desired limits. Then the load is transferred into the container in one smoothly controlled operation lasting less than 4 minutes. Further design advantages of the C- Loader are  that it minimizes collateral damage  to containers or to the product and eliminates the heavy maintenance costs incurred by using forklifts in an application for which they were not designed; one of the key uncontrolled costs in this business. The C-Loader can maintain or increase container output while reducing costs by 50%. It can transfer an entire load of (55,000 lbs. gross) into a container in 10 minutes (full cycle), less than 4 minutes just for load transfer.

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“Quickload’s decision to apply the very latest technology in the shipping business, the C-Loader has been justified by the machine’s spectacular performance which has surpassed even our expectations. Not only has the machine increased Quickload’s output by a factor of three or four but the machine has significantly reduced their forklift maintenance and container repair costs. But, when we look back at the first 6 months of the C-Loader’s operations, perhaps the most satisfying aspect to CSL is that the machine has delivered 99% service availability. This proves the suitability of the C-Loader’s rugged design to this punishing application,” said Troy Williams, Operations Manager for CSL and designer of the C-Loader.

Since the Fairview Terminal opening in 2007, Quickload has expanded its business from simply examining containers at Watson Island to owning a state-of-the-art container examination facility on Ridley Island. Today, Quickload stuffs containers with lumber, aluminum and other goods for export at Watson Island with a bit of unloading containers for transport by truck across North America 58 direct and indirect jobs.  

Container Stuffers is a design and manufacturing company that builds general cargo and log loading equipment that dramatically reduces the time to load a truck or shipping container in 4minutes or less.  The company designed their equipment with the vision of completing the revolution that Malcom McLean started by revolutionizing the way that ships are loaded.  CSL’s K-Loader and C-Loader eliminate the need for a forklift driver to enter a closed space protecting the driver from dangerous Carbon Dioxide fumes. People can visit the CSL website by going to http://www.containerstuffers.com

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