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.
Vado Gateway terminal receives three STS cranes
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – APM Terminals’ Vado Gateway container terminal has received three ship-to-shore quay cranes produced...
Marine Industries and Services Organization to supply four tugboats to Damietta port
Damietta, Egypt (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – As part of the government’s plans to develop ports in Egypt, Damietta Port Authority (DPA) Chairman...
China’s ZMPC to supply cranes to Anaklia port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – The Chinese company ZPMC will supply Anaklia Development Consortium with 12 eRTG type cranes, used for...
BEST container terminal in Barcelona port increases capacity
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Hutchison Ports’ BEST container terminal in Barcelona port, has received six new Automated Stacking...
AMT Terminals receives two SPPx cranes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – APM Terminals has started unloading two new STS Super Post Panamax cranes (SPPx) at Barcelona port to improve...
Kalmar to supply 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply a total of 32 diesel-electric straddle carriers to...
Luka Koper to start operating five electric gantry cranes
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Luka Koper will soon start operating five new electric gantry cranes. The new series of cranes is more...
Euroports Ibérica to start operating new Liebherr 600 crane at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Euroports Ibérica plans to improve its operational capacity in the port of Tarragona thanks to the...
MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...
Bedeschi to supply Ashdod port with hopper equipment
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) March 24, 2019 – Bedeschi SpA has signed a contract for the supply of No. 2 additional self-propelled ecological hoppers...
Hyster Europe develops zero-emission reachstacker for Valencia port
Press Release – Hyster Europe – Hyster Europe has announced it is developing a zero-emission reachstacker featuring a hydrogen fuel cell for the...
Kalmar to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP in Bilbao port with forklift trucks
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has an agreement to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP, a leading...
Kalmar to supply port equipment to DP World Marseille Fos facility
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Cargotec has reported that its subsidiary Kalmar will supply 20 Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers to...
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...