Archives for Technical & Industrial

Weather observations system for Kamembe airport / Rwanda

In the May 2021, Achelis handed over its project for the supply and installation of an Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) incl. an Automatic Terminal Information Service system (ATIS) for Rwanda Airports Company for the airport in Kamembe. The equipment was manufactured by our partners VAISALA, Finland and STR Speechtech, Canada.

The installed equipment shown in the attached pictures are located next to the airstrip of Kamembe airport. They measure weather information like wind speed, temperature etc. This information will then be converted into speech and broadcasted to aircrafts by the ATIS system which is located directly at Kamembe airport tower.


Supply of 9 HYSTER reach stackers to Mombasa/Kenya

For the handling of empty containers, we supplied several special HYSTER empty container stackers to the port authority in Kenya in recent years. Now we have attracted a new order for 9 HYSTER reach stackers for handling full containers in the port of Mombasa and various inland container depots.


Various vehicles for the Fire Brigade in Kigali/Rwanda

After the delivery of two large fire engines to the Fire Brigade in Kigali in 2012, we recently received another order for a fire engine with a ladder reaching a height of 54 m as well as a tractor including flat-bed truck for transporting heavy equipment to accident sites.


2 ferries for use in Mombasa/Kenya

Project and contract negotiations for the construction and delivery of 2 ferries, each 60 m long with RORO ramps at each end for 1,500 passengers and 60 vehicles on behalf of a German shipbuilder. The ferries have been in use in Mombasa since mid-2010.