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.
Electrification of mobile cranes in Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The Port of Tarragona is now planning for mobile harbour cranes on the southern side of its Castilla Quay...
Huge floating crane transferred from Odessa to Izmail
Izmail, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Forced to reorientate cargo flow from the blocked by Russia Black Sea ports to the Danube River ports, the...
APM Terminals Valencia invests to increase capacity
València, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2023 – APM Terminals Valencia has commissioned 11 new Terberg YT223 terminal tractors for container handling....
APM Terminals Gijón commissions Post-Panamax crane
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2023 – Yesterday, APM Terminals Gijón celebrated the commissioning of a Post-Panamax QC903. The ship-to-shore...
China’s Sany sales surge in sanctioned Russia
Yanino, Russia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2023 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its sanctions-driven...
Reference – What equipment is used in port automation?
Port automation is increasingly used and will become the norm for new port facilities. It reduces labour needs and costs, and has a high level of efficiency....
Reference – What cranes do ports use?
Ports use a variety of cranes for different purposes. Some common types of cranes used in ports include the following. It depends on the cargo handled and the...
Two Liebherr heavy-duty cranes for Global Ports in Russia’s Far East
Nakhodka, Russia (PortSEurope) June 6, 2023 – Two Liebherr LHM 550 mobile port cranes with increased capacity became operational in Russia’s Global...
Port of Durrës to increase port equipment
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – The Port of Durrës will increase port equipment to improve container management and ease congestion at...
TiL MSC orders 9 gantry cranes for Le Havre port
Le Havre, France (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – TiL MSC has ordered nine new electric gantry cranes for its TPO/TNMSC container terminals in the Port of...
Russia to replace western port cranes with local products
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Russia’s SMM Group of Companies, the country’s leading manufacturer of heavy lifting equipment for...
Port of Sète-Frontignan, SNCF sign railway contract
Sète, France (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The Port of Sète-Frontignan and SNCF have signed an agreement to develop the rail service at the port. It...
YILPORT orders 23 new terminal tractors from Terberg
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – Port operator YILPORT has ordered 23 new terminal tractors from Terberg, a manufacturer of special...
Port of Valencia becomes the first port to use truck tractor powered by hydrogen
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – The Port of Valencia yesterday became the first port in the world to use a 4×4 truck tractor unit...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier receives new cranes
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier in Morocco has received the first of four batches of new dual...
Occupied ports of Mariupol and Berdyansk are operational
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – Several berths and 41 loading cranes have been prepared for work in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian Azov...
Rijeka Gateway to operate remote-controlled handling equipment
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – APM Terminals’ Rijeka Gateway in Croatia will be the first terminal in the Adriatic region to be operated...
After sanctions China replaced western cranes in Russian ports
St. Peterburg, Russia (PortSEurope) March 28, 2023 – Deprived of access to western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...
Konecranes starts delivering final cranes to Russia as a European customer
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) March 15, 2023 – Konecranes, the heavy-lift equipment manufacturer, said in a press release that it has started to deliver...
PSA Sines orders six Gantry Cranes from Konecranes
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) March 13, 2023 – PSA Sines, the Portuguese subsidiary of PSA International, has ordered six electric-powered aRTGs...