Handling operations at Belawan International Container Terminal at the port of Belawan, Indonesia have received a boost with the arrival of the remaining five cranes of a 10 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) […]
Two new Panamax class ship-to-shore container quay cranes along with eight rubber-tyred gantry cranes have been commissioned at Malaysia’s government-owned Bintulu Port to expand its container h[…]
DP World – a global ports and terminals, marine services, logistics and technology company – is to accelerate its adoption of renewable energy at the Port of Santos, Brazil’s multipurpose privat[…]
Northeastern Brazil’s Itaqui port in Maranhão state has planned a USD 3.19bn project to expand its operational infrastructure, local media reported this week. Improvements to the port will incl[…]
Bolloré Group has ordered nine rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for the Meridian Port Services Container Terminal in Tema, Ghana and Benin Container Terminal in Cotonou, Benin. Konecranes will supply[…]
Three 16-wheel rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes, purchased in January by port operator Luka Koper for the Slovenian Port of Koper, have been delivered. The three Konecranes RTG cranes are the first 16[…]
Northport (Malaysia), the operators of Malaysia’s main maritime gateway Port Klang, are planning to boost the port’s current capacity by a further 600,000 TEUs, local news has reported. Port Klang[…]
Associated British Ports has awarded a GBP 26M contract for four megamax ship-to-shore container cranes to Liebherr Container Cranes. The cranes will be operational in 2014 and will be able to work th[…]
Liebherr Container Cranes has delivered a state-of-the-art, ultra-large container crane to the DCT Gdansk container port in Poland. The crane becomes the eighth ultra-large Liebherr container crane at[…]
Dalian Shipbuilding Industry in China has ordered 16 variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes for Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL), it was announced today. MacGregor, a subsidia[…]
Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) in Greece has placed an order for 12 all-electric rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) with Kalmar, part of Cargotec. The cranes, scheduled for delivery in late 2013, wil[…]
Intermodal cranes and lifting apparatus are vital to the movement of world trade. Julian Champkin looks at this large and varied sector. Intermodal cranes are those that move goods from one means of t[…]
