Equipment

The UK’s Port of Dover has chosen Finnish company Konecranes to supply two of its Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes for the port’s new cargo facilities as part of the single…

A new app to help the transportation logistics and shipping industries better assign costs based on responsibility for damaged shipping containers is expected to help ports become more efficient.

The operator of Myanmar’s Asia World Port Terminal (AWPT) has stated that the port’s recent investment in 14 new pieces of equipment “signals” the facility’s robust confidence in Myanmar’s overall macroeconomic development…

Telecommunications equipment firm Huawei and telecommunications company China Unicom have unveiled a 5G product that offers smart ports a totally-connected wireless network.

Port giant DP World has partnered with Virgin to create a company to provide cargo-carriage systems that use a futuristic, high-speed tube-transport method described as the first new major transportation mode in…

Port crane simulation-based training provider CM Labs Simulations (CM Labs) has joined forces with Chinese company Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC) to develop simulation-based operator training for ZPMC’s remote desk-controlled ship-to-shore (STS)…

Kalmar is introducing an electric version of its popular Kalmar Ottawa T2 terminal tractor which will help operators cut emissions at source.

One of the most important drivers of all-electric container handling is California ports’ legislation to reduce air pollution in port operations by moving towards zero-emissions through electrically powered technologies.

LASE GmbH’s LaseTLP 2D laser scanners for truck lifting prevention have been installed and are operational on six HHMC RMG cranes at Sun Kwang Newport Container Terminal (SNCT) in Incheon, South Korea.

Swiss-based equipment manufacturer Liebherr has sold the first two units of its new CBG 360 floating crane model.

Global port equipment manufacturer Kalmar anticipates an “extremely promising” automated guided vehicles (AGV) market over the next three to five years.

Liebherr has launched a purely-electric-driven, emissions-free portal crane able to handle loads up to 124 t and capable of turnover up to 1,200 t per hour.

A pilot scheme has been launched for a remotely-operated, eco-friendly form of hull-cleaning technology at the UK’s Port of Southampton.

Kalmar has launched its latest-generation shuttle and straddle carriers for increased reliability, productivity and safety during container handling.

Lifting equipment provider Konecranes’ supply of a Model 4 Mobile Harbor Crane to the Port of Miike will make it the first of its kind to operate in Japan.

Cargo handling solutions provider Kalmar is set to supply four of its T2 terminal tractors to Dutch logistics operator St vd Brink.

Cargotec company Kalmar has launched its Kalmar Essential range — which comprises products including reachstackers, empty container handlers and forklifts at value prices — to the Latin American market.

Container terminal industry overcapacity is “a myth” which is “based on a naïve additive calculation of container handling capacity and a simplistic model of how a terminal operates”, Kalmar vice president Frank…

COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP) will use Navis’ N4 terminal operating system (TOS) to improve the efficiency of its port operations.