Equipment

An electric 48t-capacity container handling truck with zero emissions is being tested in Germany.

Equipment provider Konecranes is reaping the benefits of its Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes, with two terminal operators recently opting for models from the range.

Kalmar and Navis have delivered the first Kalmar OneTerminal automation solution to Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at the Port of Melbourne in Australia.

Equipment company Kalmar has launched its new Rail Mounted Gantry crane (RMG), an automation-ready product that can be adapted to customer-specific requirements.

Equipment provider Kalmar has launched an initiative driving the terminal industrys first automation platform with open interfaces.

ABP’s Port of Ipswich in the UK has announced an £170,000 investment in new Linde forklift trucks to improve efficiency of port operations.

Kalmar is to deliver three Kalmar reachstackers and one empty container handler to increase productivity and improve efficiency at Fiji’s largest port.

Kalmar and DP World London Gateway are set to jointly undertake a pilot of the port industrys first fast-charging shuttle carrier solution at DP World London Gateway in the UK.

Ship hull cleaning firm Fleet Cleaner has successfully cleaned the hull of Spliethoff’s Fagelgracht while the ship was berthed in the Port of Rotterdam, the company said.

With port machines getting ever-more intelligent, traditional hardware manufacturers, such as Kalmar, now find themselves straddling the hard and software line.

Kalmar has been putting virtual reality (VR) and 3D technology to use to improve safety solutions for global terminals.

Kalmar has cemented its relationship with DPW Australia with the supply of new equipment to increase its performance and reduce emissions.

Digital technology group ABB has won a contract from Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to provide a shore-to-ship power supply solution for Global Container Terminals (GCT) Deltaport at the Port of Vancouver.

The product line manager for material handling tyres at Continental has stressed the importance of digital solutions to the management of tyres at ports.

PEINER SMAG Lifting Technologies (PSLT) has introduced high-volume, radio-controlled, single-rope grabs (EGF 60) for operations with container cranes at the Port of Aarhus, Denmark’s biggest container port.

A portable container lift which allows operators to handle boxes in any location has been launched as a more economical alternative to traditional container handling solutions.

An American port authority is investing in LED lighting to reduce energy costs and improve its environmental footprint.

Konecranes will supply nine rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Texas’ Port Houston in a repeat order due to be delivered to the Bayport Container Terminal in autumn 2018.

A new EU project aims to ensure an adequate level of both physical and cyber protection for European ports and to limit, as far as possible, the detrimental effects of combined physical…

Bulk materials handling solutions provider SAMSON Materials Handling has won an order from TradeMark East Africa for four Eco Hoppers with ATEX to be delivered to the Port of Mombasa in Kenya.