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.
APM Terminals pushes electrified terminal equipment
Aqaba, Jordan (PortSEurope) October 26, 2023 – APM Terminals majority-owned Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) has received its first batch of electric reach...
GMP orders four more hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar
Le Havre, France (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) in Le Havre has ordered with four more hybrid straddle...
New Liebherr RTG for Salerno Container Terminal
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) October 17, 2023 – Gruppo Gallozzi (Gallozzi Group) is investing 2.5 million euro in a new rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG,...
Hutchison Ports BEST terminal receives six new hybrid cranes
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – Hutchison Ports BEST terminal has received six new hybrid cranes which will reduce CO2 emissions by...
Kalmar to supply Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals with straddle carriers
Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – Kalmar has signed an agreement with Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals (RST) to supply six Kalmar...
First hydrogen-powered container stacker arrives at Port of Valencia
València, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2023 – The Port of Valencia has taken delivery of the hydrogen-powered ReachStacker, as part of the European...
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...
APM Terminals electrifies port equipment
The Hague, Netherlands (PortSEurope) July 23, 2023 – APM Terminals, a unit of Danish shipping company Maersk’s Transport and Logistics division, has...
New all-electric floating crane from Liebherr
Rostock, Germany (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Liebherr’s new all-electric crane CBG 500 E combines state-of-the-art drive technologies with in-house...
Largest Linde forklift model excels in electric version
Rostock, Germany (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – E-mobility is becoming ever more important and is set to help reduce noise emissions in production...
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...