Cavotec, a Swedish company that deals with connection and electrification for the decarbonisation of ports, mines and tunnels and industries, has signed a exclusive distribution with the French company EVIAS to bring the Automatic EV charging technology in ports during their journey, including the recharging of port vehicles such as tractors and other container handling units.

Under the agreement, Cavotec became the distributor and Exclusive installer for the global port sector of EIAS technologies, which is specialized in the development of systems for the decarbonisation of road and urban transport. The EVIAS technology is based on a charging system Designed for intensive fleet use: one arm Robotic vehicle locates and connects autonomously a charging rail integrated into the road pavement, allowing energy transfer both while driving and during the waiting phases for the loading of containers. The design is optimized for both safety - since it is electrified only the rail segment located directly below vehicle being charged - and for easy integration with port infrastructure. The solution reduces the time it takes to vehicle downtime related to charging, allowing you to save space thanks to fewer parked vehicles.

Recalling that the Zero Emission Port Alliance (ZEPA), the initiative for the acceleration of the use of electric port vehicles for the container handling, predicts that between 2025 and 2035 Between 33,000 and 47,000 new electric vehicles will be ordered at battery of this type, the managing director of Cavotec, David Pagels, highlighted that the partnership with EVIAS allows Swedish company "to extend our offer to the horizontal transport and provide customers with an ever-increasing approach more integrated with port electrification, ranging from applications for ships and cranes up to terminal operations".

«Cavotec's global presence and its experience over fifty years - added Olivier Besson, co-founder and CEO of EVIAS - offer us an opportunity to accelerate global uptake of charging and to establish it as a new standard in electrification with a speed that we could not have achieved autonomously. In the meantime, we remain fully focused on the development of our other strategic markets, including transport public transport, road freight transport, autonomous vehicles and the airport sector".