Equipment

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.

Finnish company Konecranes has won an order for an automated Rubber-tyred gantry crane (ARTG) from PT Prima Multi Terminal, a subsidiary of PT Pelabuhan Indonesia I.

Lifting equipment manufacturer Konecranes has won an order to provide diesel-electric Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes to SEA-invest.

Hans Künz GmbH and Conductix-Wampfler have signed a deal to provide automatic stacking cranes (ASCs) and associated technology for a new terminal for APM Terminals at the Port of Tangier, Morocco.

Ship hull cleaning company Fleet Cleaner successfully cleaned a number of container vessels with lengths of more than 350 metres during loading and unloading at terminals.

Lifting equipment manufacturer Konecranes has taken its biggest order for Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes in the Asia-Pacific region from PT Berlian Jasa Terminal Indonesia (PT BJTI).