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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.

Bedeschi starts exports of two container cranes to Cyprus from Italy’s Chioggia port

Chioggia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Italian company Bedeschi SpA is exporting two of its large Sts Cyprus cranes from Chioggia port to Limassol...

PSA Sines to receive new crane equipment

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – PSA Sines – Terminais de Contentores S.A., the concessionaire of Terminal XXI of the Port of...

Livorno port’s Lorenzini Terminal to receive largest mobile harbour crane in Europe

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Lorenzini & C, terminal operator, has invested over €4 million in a Konecranes Gottwald HMK 8412-64...

Voltri Terminal Europa of Genoa port takes delivery of Chinese electric gantry cranes

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The Voltri Terminal Europa of the port of Genoa Pra has taken delivery of 21 new electric gantry cranes,...

Koper port creates new lifting equipment

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Experts at Koper port have developed new port lifting equipment to improve efficiency and safety at...

Marghera port receives Konecranes “Model 6” crane

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – The latest generation “Model 6” crane produced by Konecranes Gottwald has been tested and will...

Konecranes to supply cranes to Fridenson Logistics in Ashdod port

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 7, 2018 – Fridenson Logistics, a logistic services provider based in Israel, has purchased two Konecranes...

Viana do Castelo port receives Gottwald crane

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Viana do Castelo port has received a”large size” crane, valued at €5 million...

Luka Koper orders equipment from Konecranes

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) August 18, 2018 – In June, Luka Koper d.d., operator of Koper port, ordered five electric Konecranes RTG cranes to be...

APM Terminal receives gantry cranes for Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The “Zhen Hua 23” ship, specialised in the transport of project cargo and which has been...

Associated British Ports to work with Rolls Royce and Svitzer to develop the next generation of technologies

London, United Kingdom, August 13, 2018 Associated British Ports, the UK’s leading port operator, today announces that it has invited Rolls Royce and...

Italy’s Dario Perioli SpA receives cranes for new Marina di Carrara port terminal

Marina di Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2018 – Italian company Dario Perioli SpA has received the equipment of the new terminal at Marina di...

Nantes Saint-Nazaire port increases road capacity

Nantes St-Nazaire, France (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The new Boulevard des Apprentis was inaugurated on July 6, a key step in the redevelopment of...

Konecranes Spain receives Port Service Award 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The Spanish subsidiary of Finnish company Konecranes, based in Valencia, has received the Port Service Award...

Spain’s Transglobal delivers crane simulator to Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Spanish company Transglobal has delivered a virtual reality simulator for crane operations for the workers of Vigo...

Thessaloniki Port Authority issues port equipment tender

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has issued a tender for the purchase of: one big-bag...

Konecranes receives order from Malta Freeport Terminals

Marsaxlokk, Malta (PortSEurope) July 1, 2018 – Malta Freeport Terminals has ordered 15 RTGs from Konecranes to be delivered before early 2019. The...

Málaga port receives three Noell Super Post Panamax cranes

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – Málaga port has received three Super Post Panamax cranes, which will be operated by Noatum Terminal Málaga...

Mostaganem port acquires equipment to facilitate traffic flows

Mostaganem, Algeria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – Mostaganem port has acquired new equipment to facilitate the handling of passengers and vehicles at the...

Noatum to install three new container cranes at Málaga port this week

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Noatum Terminals, which manages the facilities of Pier 9 of Málaga port, has decided to attract leading...

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