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.
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...
Piraeus Perama Ship Repair Zone receives two cranes
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) received two state-of-the-art double-level luffing jib shipbuilding...
Digital services on all Konecranes port cranes and lift trucks
Hyvinkää, Finland (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Every single type of crane and lift truck in Finland’s Konecranes Oyj portfolio is now available...
Kalmar supplies cranes to Med Europe Terminal, Marseille
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Kalmar has signed an agreement with Med Europe Terminal for the delivery of six Kalmar hybrid straddle...
New equipment for Bulgaria’s port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna has received four new Volvo wheel loaders for a total price of 1,326,051...