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.
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...
Damietta Alliance Container Terminals receives five new STS cranes
Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – Damietta Alliance Container Terminals has announced receipt of the first set of five Ship-to-Shore...
Two mega gantry cranes arrive in le Havre for MSC terminals
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Two days ago, the Zhen Hua 27 ship arrived at the HAROPA-managed port of Le Havre and delivered two...
Reference: The status of seaport automation
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Seaport automation enhances port operations through the use of advanced technology, including...
Konecranes helps automate APM Terminals Maasvlakte II
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) November 10, 2024 – Netherlands’ APM Terminals Maasvlakte II chose in October the Automated Horizontal Transport...
Container Terminal Automation conference 2025 in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 9, 2024 – The 9th edition of the Container Terminal Automation conference (organised by Port Technology...
White paper: Autonomous vehicles – the way forward for automation
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) November 9, 2024 – In the container industry, automated transport has been successfully embraced by many terminals...
White paper: Terminal’s automation pitfalls
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) November 9, 2024 – Most container terminals still have a fully manual operation for the yard, quay and transport....
CMA CGM terminals in Marseille and Fos-sur-Mer receive new cranes
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) November 7, 2024 – The heavy goods carrier “FWN Atlantic” docking in Marseille and Fos this week to deliver hybrid...
Top 20 crane manufacturers 2023
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – International Crane Manufacturers ranking (ICm20) for 2023, based on total sales in 2022. In 2022,...
Port of Santander issues tender to expand tracks for container cranes
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The Port Authority of Santander has issued a public tender to extend the container crane tracks at the...
Kalmar sets emission targets
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) November 1, 2024 – Kalmar has set near- and long-term emission targets, supporting its aims to be the forerunner in...
Port of Las Palmas acquires two dock cranes from ZPMC
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – The Port of Las Palmas will integrate two new post-Panamax dock cranes from...
Port of Gioia Tauro receives last of 25 new cranes
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – With the arrival of the last two cranes, which arrived two days ago in the port of Gioia Tauro, the...
KazTransOil keeps investing in Batumi Oil Terminal
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea Batumi Oil Terminal (BOT, 100% owned by Kazakhstan’s KazTransOil) has...
Le Havre: GMP orders 26 Kalmar straddle carriers
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) is equipping its Port 2000 terminal in Le Havre with a fleet...
Rijeka Gateway receives first ZPMC cranes
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 18, 2024 – The Rijeka Gateway project has received its first two STS cranes. The port equipment was manufactured...
Montenegro’s Port of Bar to buy cranes
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The Port of Bar has plans to purchase two mobile cranes to replace equipment damaged in the July...
Hiab unveils technology for autonomous load handling
Malmö, Sweden (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Hiab, part of Cargotec, unveiled a new autonomous load handling capability for MULTILIFT demountable...
Kalmar to supply GMP Le Havre with hybrid straddle carriers
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – Kalmar has signed a deal to supply Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) in Le Havre, France with...