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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.

Cargotec and Konecranes to merge

CARGOTEC AND KONECRANES TO MERGE CREATING A GLOBAL LEADER IN SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL FLOW – October 1, 2020 Cargotec Corporation and Konecranes Plc announce...

Kalmar and Marsa Maroc continue long-term collaboration with new RTG order

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement to supply Marsa Maroc with a total of three Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at its TC3...

Kalmar’s RTG technology chosen for fleet renewal in Béjaia, Algeria

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement with Béjaia Mediterranean Terminal (BMT SPA) for one Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry crane (RTG) – August...

Volos port signs tender for reachstacker containers

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – The Managing Director of Volos Port Authority, Socrates Anagnostou, and the Managing Director of...

TTI Algeciras increases number of reefer plugs available in the terminal

News – TTI Algeciras increases the number of reefer plugs available in the terminal – August 13, 2020 The Algeciras semiautomated container...

Safi Derince International Port to purchase Kalmar cranes

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) July 24, 2020 – Safi Derince International Port has awarded a contract to Finland’s Kalmar for two Zero Emission...

Eurofos terminal adds two new gantries

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 21, 2020 – The Eurofos container terminal has employed two malaccamax-type gantries. The equipment ws manufactured...

Kuenz delivers all 42 cranes to APM Terminals, Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) July 10, 2020 – Kuenz GmbH, the Austria-based crane manufacturer, has delivered a total of 42 cranes to APM Terminals,...

Seville inaugurates new Mantisan port equipment

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 8, 2020 – Seville port has modernized its infrastructures with the commissioning of a new crane purchased by Agencia...

Barcelona port invests €2 million in new container scanner

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 8, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has inaugurated a new Rapiscan Eagle® M60 mobile unit that is equipped with an...

Piattaforma Logistica Trieste orders eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbor crane

In the second quarter of 2020, Piattaforma Logistica Trieste S.r.L. (PLT) ordered an eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for a new terminal...

Beato’s Multipurpose Terminal (TMB) reinforces operational capacity

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – TMB (Terminal Multiusos do Beato) has purchased on a rental basis a Liebherr LHM 280, with a capacity of...

Tarragona port continues construction of synchrolift

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 26, 2020 – The synchrolift project being carried out by the Alava company URSSA, a steel construction company, at...

Terminal Container Ravenna providing logistics operators further added value services with the heating of flexitank goods

TCR now supporting importers with the capability to heat the flexitanks using hot water and steam. This allows the simultaneous heating of several flexitanks...

DP World Limassol unveils new equipment

Eight forklifts and a state-of-the art empty container handler were added to the Company’s fleet – June 15, 2020 In line with its ongoing commitment to...

Motril port adds to crane capacity

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 20, 2020 – Logistics operator Consignaciones y Estibas Motril (CE Motril) has acquired a mobile crane, Fantuzzi MHC 115...

Kalmar signs 10-year service agreement with rail operator Lineas Intermodal

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a comprehensive 10-year Kalmar Care service agreement with leading European rail operator Lineas Intermodal – June...

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