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.
Thessaloniki port orders Konecranes agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA has submitted an order for 12 Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers,...
APM Terminals Barcelona increases reefer capacity and lessens CO2 emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – APM Terminals Barcelona has announced a 31% increase in reefer capacity and taken measures to reduce...
Livorno port to commence demolition of dangerous crane on Feb 7
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
DP World Limassol invests in new port equipment
Limassol, Cyprus (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – DP World Limassol has reported that its has acquired a range of new equipment as part of an ongoing...
Spinelli invests €4 million in new crane for Genoa port terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – The Spinelli group has invested in €4 million in a new Maxi crane at its terminal inside the...
Malta Freeport Terminals announces €31m investment in new facilities
Freeport, Malta, January 19, 2019 Malta Freeport Terminals Limited today showcased a huge €31 million investment in new equipment and infrastructural works...
APM Terminals Gijón to invest €800,000 in crane overhaul
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – APM Terminals Gijón, operator of the container terminal at Gijón port, plans to invest €800,000...
Saipem 3000 crane-ship executes offshore load-lifting test at Almería port
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – The Saipem 3000 crane-ship, which has been in Almería port for maintenance works since December, has...
Sapir receives new Liebherr lifting equipment for Ravenna port terminal
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – The Sapir group has received Liebherr lifting equipment worth €7 million ($8.02 million) for its...
Livorno port receives largest self-propelled crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Livorno port has received the largest self-propelled crane in Europe, which will start operating in the coming...
Gallozzi’s Salerno port container terminal receives two new cranes
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Salerno Container Terminal (SCT), controlled by the Gallozzi SpA Group, has received two new cranes for...
APM Terminals and Vernazza Autogrù cooperate further in Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Last month, APM Terminals and Vernazza Autogrù Srl signed an agreement aimed at making Vado Ligure...
Vado Ligure port handles 450-tonne crane at reefer terminal
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Vado Ligure port has handled a crane with a weight of about 450 tonnes at its reefer terminal, which...
AdSP Livorno calls crane demolition tender
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
APM Terminals Poti introduces eco-friendly equipment
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – APM Terminals Poti has commissioned a new, state-of-the-art, revolving spreader to load copper...
Spain’s Zeuko to upgrade Noatum Container Terminal Valencia cranes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – Spanish civil engineering company Zeuko expects to start this year the project to overhaul of STS...
Las Palmas port acquires mobile gateways
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – The growing tourist activity of the port of Las Palmas has led Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP...
Italy’s Bedeschi delivers three cranes to Limassol port
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Italian company Bedeschi SpA has delivered to Limassol port the three large cranes exported from Chioggia...
Kalmar delivers new cranes to Eurogate Tanger
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) October 31, 2018 – Kalmar of Finland, part of Cargotec, is to deliver two rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to EUROGATE...
Thessaloniki Port Authority issues crane tender
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has published a tender for the design, manufacture, supply...