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ZPMC (China)

China’s Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC) is a state-owned multinational engineering company and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cranes and large steel structures.

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:...

Is Russia’s Ust-Luga Baltic port a Chinese terminal?

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – The giant Chinese supply chain operations and real estate development corporation Xiamen C&D Group is...

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....

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...

Update: Cellular modems found in ZPMC port cranes in the U.S.

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) March 12, 2024 – Cellular modems that can be used for remote communication were installed on cranes made by...

ZPMC denies its port cranes are spying tools

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) March 11, 2024 – China’s state-owned engineering company and the world’s largest manufacturers of cranes and...

Chinese cranes in London Gateway, are they spying tools?

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – DP World has welcomed Europe’s largest quay cranes at its flagship London Gateway logistics hub....

China’s port cranes in the focus of U.S. cybersecurity drive

Washington, United States (Ports Europe) February 24, 2024 – The United States authorities will strengthen maritime cybersecurity and support domestic...

Chinese cranes also for VSC in Russia’s Vostochny Port

Kozmino, Russia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning en...

Cranes from China for Vladivostok port

Vladivostok, Russia (PortSEurope) January 16, 2024 – Deprived of access to Western equipment and technology due to sanctions, Russian ports are turning...

Musical chairs for port cranes at TiL terminals

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2023 – Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), majority owned by MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the...

More Chinese equipment for Russian ports

Vostochny, Russia (PortSEurope) July 31, 2023 – Russia’s multifunctional marine terminal operator Global Ports has put into operation two new high-capacity...

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...

WSJ: Ship-to-shore cranes as possible Chinese spying tools?

Washington, United States (PortSEurope) March 10, 2023 – U.S. national-security and Pentagon officials have compared the giant ship-to-shore cranes made...

Gioia Tauro’s MCT receives three mega cranes

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – The MedCenter Container Terminal (MCT) in the port of Gioia Tauro has received three mega cranes...

Port of Ashdod receives five new STS cranes

Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Port of Ashdod has received five semi-automatic ship-to-shore (STS) cranes and aims to reduce...

Fagioli relocates two container cranes from Malta Freeport to Marseille

Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) May 27, 2022 – Italian heavy lift and transportation specialist Fagioli has relocated two ZPMC Ship to Shore container...

Commissioning of 12 new RTG cranes commences at APM Terminals Algeciras

Over the coming weeks, APM Terminals Algeciras will bring 12 new Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes into operation. The equipment arrived at the...

DeloPorts and China’s ZPMC sign port crane agreement

Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) January 11, 2022 – Last month, NUTEP, the part of DeloPorts, signed the agreement with China’s Shanghai Zhenhua...

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