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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.

Noatum sends two cranes to Málaga port from Valencia 

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Bigroll Bering vessel, owned by company Bigroll Shipping, which specialises in the loading and transport...

ADIF awards deal for maintenance of two container cranes at Algeciras port

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) has awarded a...

Spain’s García Reboredo acquires three cranes for Vilagarcía port

Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Spanish docking company García Reboredo, S.L. has acquired three double-articulated cranes from Port...

APM Terminals Valencia acquires 11 terminal tractors

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – APM Terminals Valencia S.A. has incorporated 11 terminal tractors in its facilities, bringing its fleet to 63...

Ukraine’s Asket Shipping acquires six mobile cranes for Berdyansk port

Berdyansk, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Ukrainian company Asket Shipping, OOO plans to install six mobile cranes for the handling of grain at...

Koper port starts operating first of two new container cranes

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2017 – Luka Koper d.d., the operator of Koper port, has started operating the the first of two new container...

Spain’s Marinas del Mediterráneo acquires forklift for Puerto La Duquesa port

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Marinas del Mediterráneo, S.A., via its subsidiary Almarín – Equipos y Servicios...

Trieste port’s Pier VII receives crane upgrade

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 28, 2017 – The upgrading phase of the second crane of Trieste’s container terminal has been carried out in the past...

Voltri Terminal Europa orders 21 electric cranes from China’s Zhenhua

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Voltri Terminal Europa S.p.A, the operator of Genoa container terminal PSA Voltri Prà has ordered the delivery of...

FLSmidth awarded operations contract in Morocco

Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Denmark’s FLSmidth has won a five-year contract from OCP S.A. (formerly known as Office Chérifien...

DP World adds port equipment to Limassol

Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – DP World is investing in its Limassol concession with the installation of new advanced handling equipment....

Vilagarcia port calls tender for construction of crane rails

Vilagarcia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2017 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) published yesterday the tender of the works to construct rails for the...

Noatum starts operating six new cranes at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, the operator of container terminals at the Principe Felipe and Costa del...

Koper port receives super post-panamax Liebherr crane

Koper, Slovenia, April 5, 2017 THE BIGGEST IN THE ADRIATIC AND BEYOND Today, the first of two quayside container cranes of super post-panamax (SPPX) dimensions...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port increases capacity

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 7, 2017 – Tripoli port has received a delivery of cranes and equipment from China which should help increase port...

Siemens technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal

Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Siemens will supply technology for Africa’s first automated container terminal. Electrical...

Port of Adria acquires mobile crane for Bar harbour

Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 16, 2017 – Montenegrin company Port of Adria, the operator of the cargo terminal of Bar harbour, said it has...

New RMG cranes at Koper for improved productivity

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – In the last few days two rail-mounted gantries for the container terminal arrived at the port of...

Liebherr delivers equipment to Italian ports

Monfalcone, Italy (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Liebherr has said that it has delivered a LHM 550 crane to Compagnia Portuale, in Monfalcone and two...

Valencia port’s five cranes service “Al Dhail” vessel of UASC

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The five cranes currently in service at APM Terminals Valencia at its Llovera dock worked...

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