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.
Cavotec installs MoorMaster system in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 21, 2024 – Cavotec has announced the commissioning of a MoorMaster automated vacuum mooring system at APM...
Best Container Terminal Barcelona receives new cranes
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Best Container Terminal at the Port of Barcelona, the first semi-automated terminal of the Hutchison...
Port of Gioia Tauro set to receive cranes from China
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) will soon welcome a ship from China carrying four new cranes...
Konecranes to build a full range of port cranes in U.S.
Hyvinkää, Finland (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes Oyj is establishing a network of partners, including steel structure providers...
Tetrahedron crane targets offshore wind
Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Ports Europe)- July 13, 2024—Tetrahedron has assembled a pioneering 130-meter prototype crane. Its novel design offers...
HAROPA Le Havre receives new port crane
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – The HAROPA cruise terminal in Le Havre has received a new port crane, part of the development of the...
Port of Augusta to repair cranes to increase container capacity
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) July 8, 2024 – The Port of Augusta will repair two gantry cranes at the port to increase its container handling...
Konecranes new heavy-duty electric forklift
Hyvinkää, Finland (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – Finland’s Konecranes Oyj new heavy-duty version of its flagship E-VER electric forklift with lifting...
Intellia training system for ports’ heavy equipment operators
Wellington, Canada (Ports Europe) July 1, 2024 – CM Labs Simulations Intellia, an Intelligent Training System for the construction, ports, and utilities...
TransContainer to invest 1.6 mln rubles in lifting equipment
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) June 17, 2024 – In 2024, investments of PJSC TransContainer in the acquisition and modernization of lifting equipment at...
Zero Emission Port Alliance welcomes container port members
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) June 17, 2024 – The Zero Emission Port Alliance (ZEPA) has welcomed 11 organizations from the container port...
Kalmar launches new electric empty container handler
Helsinki, Finland (Ports Europe) June 12, 2024 – Kalmar has launched a new electric empty container handler. The Kalmar electric empty container handler...
Port of Gioia Tauro to demolish three large cranes
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) June 9, 2024 – Three large cranes, no longer used by operator Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), will be demolished....
WSJ: Undersea cables vulnerable to tampering by Chinese repair ships
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – U.S. officials are privately delivering an unusual warning to telecommunications companies:...
Russia as China’s vassal state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – Western sanctions are turning Russia into China’s vassal state and a raw-materials appendage of Beijing. The...
APM Terminals Barcelona commissions 17 Konecranes carriers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – Yesterday, APM Terminals Barcelona commissioned 17 Konecranes NSC 644 EHY hybrid straddle carriers. The...
ZPMC transports cranes to Izmir Çiğli Port Project in Turkey
Izmir, Istanbul (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – The vessel “Zhen Hua 36” has departed from the terminal of ZPMC Changxing facility in Shanghai....
Kalmar to supply Uniport Livorno with three heavy terminal tractors
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 16, 2024 – Kalmar has signed a contract with Uniport Srl. for the delivery of three Kalmar TR618i heavy-duty terminal...
Chinese cranes also for NUTEP in Russia’s Novorossiysk Port
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
HHLA has delivered environmental study for Pier VIII, Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Logistica Giuliana srl ​​has presented the preliminary environmental study for developing Pier VIII...