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[...]
Lyttelton, Port of Christchurch, has placed an order for the delivery of four straddle carriers. Liebherr Container Cranes secured the contract for its Liebherr SC350T, which will stack one over two h[...]
London Gateway's 138m quay cranes are on their way to the UK's new deep water container port, it was announced earlier this week. The first three of London Gateway's quay cranes, manufactured by Shang[...]
Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), a joint venture between the Aqaba Development Corporation and APM Terminals, ended the year 2012 by adding new milestones and making achievements in areas of operationa[...]
A new order for container handling equipment to state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III has been signed. Konecranes has won the record order comprising 10 ship to shore cranes, 20 aut[...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has announced that it has secured a further order from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry in China for its variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes. The 32 electric cranes[...]