Port Equipment
Port equipment includes issues related to lifting equipment for loading and unloading vessels on the dockside, and with the port environment; contracts with equipment manufacturers, and investment in new equipment. The leading manufacturers in Europe are Kalmar, Konecranes and Liebherr.
Kalmar and MCT sign contract for Eco-Efficient Hybrid Straddle Carriers
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 13, 2025 – Kalmar has signed a contract with Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) to supply 20 hybrid straddle...
Cat with four next generation telehandlers
Irving, United States (Ports Europe) January 11, 2025 – Caterpillar is launching its next generation of telescopic handlers (telehandlers) – Cat...
Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to dismantle giant crane
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2025 – The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has put out to tender the...
HHLA proceeds with Burchardkai terminal automation
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 30, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is continuing with the automation of port equipment at its...
The first Jekko battery-powered knuckle boom crawler crane
Colle Umberto, Italy (Ports Europe) December 29, 2024 – Italy’s Jekko enlarges its offer of fully-electric mini cranes with its first knuckle boom crawler...
RMG crane automation – balancing between port efficiency and labour
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) December 28, 2024 – Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes, introduced in the early 2000s and more widespread...
Hutchison BEST signs crane contract with ZPMC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 18, 2024 – Hutchison BEST has signed a contract with China’s ZPMC to acquire two new Super Post Panamax...
APM Terminals Barcelona awaits electric cranes
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 17, 2024 – Next week, APM Terminals is expecting the arrival of its first electric straddle carriers. These...
HHLA CTA terminal receives first remote-controlled container gantry crane
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) receives three new highly automated container gantry cranes, the...
EBRD lends finance to Casablanca & Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) December 16, 2024 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will loan up to MAD 690 million (65.9...
Kalmar signs contract with Boluda in Tenerife port
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) December 11, 2024 – Kalmar has signed a contract to supply Spanish terminal operator Boluda...
Suez Canal Container Terminal receives new cranes
Port Said Egypt (Ports Europe) December 9, 2024 – At the end of November, the Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) welcomed a ship bringing port...
Luka Koper places order with Konecranes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) December 5, 2024 – Port operator Luka Koper has ordered four Konecranes electric Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from...
PSA Italy has ordered three E-RTG cranes for its Vecon terminal
Porto Marghera, Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 4, 2024 – PSA Italy has ordered three new fully electric, zero-emission, 35-meter-high yard cranes...
International Tower Cranes conference in Rome June’25
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 3, 2024 – The International Tower Cranes (ITC) conference in Italy’s capital Rome on June 3 and 4 will bring the...
Yilport receives finance for cranes at Liscont terminal, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 2, 2024 – Mitsui E&S Co, Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Yılport Holding have signed a...
Euroports orders Konecranes equipment for Ghent terminal
Ghent, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – Euroports Group has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7B Mobile Harbor Crane for its bulk...
Transped orders a Konecranes harbor crane for Marghera, Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 27, 2024 – Transped S.p.A. has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 Mobile Harbor Crane for its Multi...
APM Terminals orders 20 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – Kalmar has signed an agreement to supply APM Terminals in Tangermed, Morocco, with a further 20...
Cargotec sells MacGregor to Triton funds for €480 million
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – Helsinki-headquartered Cargotec Corporation decided on November 14 to sell its MacGregor business...