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.
Malta Freeport contracts for 15 Konecranes RTGs
Malta Freeport (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Malta Freeport Terminals has ordered fifteen Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes tol be delivered...
First ship with large Chinese cranes for the new container platform arrived in the port of Vado Ligure
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – The first ship with maxi cranes for the new APM Terminals container platform has arrived in the port...
Barcelona port’s BEST terminal installs new access system
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) installed a new access system to the terminal on March 5, based on...
Noatum to incorporate three RTG cranes at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Spanish group Noatum Maritime, the concession company of pier 9 of Málaga port (Noatum Terminal Malaga), plans...
The world’s largest container-handling cranes arrive at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier
Tangiers, Morocco – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier has announced the arrival of three of the newest and largest ship-to-shore (STS) cranes in the world,...
ArcelorMittal starts using Gijón harbour for export of rails
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal has started using Gijón port to export a 108-metre long rail...
Onorato Armatori orders nine tractors from Kalmar
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Italian shipping operator Onorato Armatori Group has ordered nine terminal tractors from Kalmar, a...
La Spezia Container Terminal installs new safety cameras
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has installed of the first two Blaxtair smart cameras, fitted on...
Hutchinson Ports increases Barcelona port terminal capacity
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – BEST (Barcelona Europe South Terminal) has increased its capacity to handle the world’s largest...
China’s ZPMC starts delivery of cranes to Vado Ligure port
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – Chinese group Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC) has already started the delivery...
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier set to receive crane equipment from China
Tangier, Morocco (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – APM Terminals MedPort Tangier is set to receive the first three, of a total of 12 advanced...
Eurogate increases crane capacity in Limassol port
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Eurogate, the container terminal operator, is to install an additional seven container gantry cranes, in...
ADM Romania increases capacity in Constanta port with new floating crane
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – ADM Romania has recently been equipped with a new floating crane – “Harvest...
Cartagena port handles second largest crane worldwide
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – A tower of 135 metres and capacity to handle 14,000 tonnes. These are the characteristics that make the...
SEA-invest Bordeaux invests in Hyundai trucks
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – SEA-invest, an operator of port terminals for dry bulk, fruit and liquid bulk, is to use Hyundai...
Terminal Intermodale Venezia orders crane contract to Konecranes
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – In September 2017, Terminal Intermodale Venezia S.p.A. (TIV) ordered a Konecranes Gottwald Model 6...
Spain’s Concasa acquires crane for container terminal at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has said company Compañía Gaditana de...