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.