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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.

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...

Four new cranes arrive at Port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) in Gioia Tauro has welcomed a ship from China carrying four...

Konecranes delivers electric transport system to HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 10, 2024 – Konecranes has started delivery of its latest order for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)....

Grimaldi orders Kalmar heavy terminal tractors

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Kalmar has agreed to supply Italian maritime logistics operator Grimaldi Group with three Kalmar heavy...

BERGÉ adds Liebherr cranes on ports of Bilbao, Tarragona

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The logistics group BERGÉ has added Liebherr cranes to its facilities in the ports of Bilbao and...

PSA Antwerp, Port of Antwerp-Bruges develop the Europa Terminal

Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Since the beginning of last year, PSA Antwerp and the Port of Antwerp-Bruges have been working to...

Hutchison Ports BEST introduces first 100% electric Reach Stacker

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – Hutchison Ports BEST has introduced the first electric Reach Stacker in Southern Europe at its...

Medcenter Container Terminal receives 18 hybrid straddle carriers, Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal has received 18 hybrid straddle carriers from the Swedish company...

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