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.
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...
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:...