STS

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Kalmar has confirmed a wide range of new deals and agreements.

12th March 2026

Wide-ranging Kalmar deals

12th March 2026

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

“Clever” spreaders and electric versions are to the fore

2nd October 2025

Spreaders get smart

2nd October 2025

INSIGHT & OPINION

INSIGHT & OPINION

While the ports, and business entities within them, are buttressed by the ideas underlying “free trade,” they are not immune from being caught up in political rip currents. 

25th July 2024

STS cranes – navigating a way out of the political rip currents

25th July 2024

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

PORT & TERMINAL NEWS

Container capacity at the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is set to get a significant boost.

27th February 2024

East container terminal, Colombo, gears up

27th February 2024

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Safety, training and productivity – the benefits of simulating cargo handling operations are increasingly to the fore including new dimensions such as with automation and the handling of wind turbines. Felicity Landon…

1st June 2023

Reproducing reality

1st June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

As container ships have become larger, so the number of remotely operated ship to shore (STS) cranes has increased.

1st June 2023

Getting more remote

1st June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

New ZPMC ship-to-shore container cranes have been delivered to the Port of Gioia Tauro. Italy, in the Central Mediterranean.

20th April 2023

New STS at MCT

20th April 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Although Brazil’s Mario Franca, Brazil’s new Ports and Airports Minister, has strongly hinted that the urgently needed STS10 new container terminal concession for Santos will go ahead there could be a spanner thrown…

8th February 2023

STS 10 concession obstruction?

8th February 2023

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

A need to change strategy is required for Baltic Sea container ports due to lost Russian cargo. AJ Keyes looks at the situation and what some of the major ports are doing…

15th December 2022

Avoiding russian roulette

15th December 2022

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Experience in the arena of STS crane upgrade/refurbishment has come on leaps and bounds. John Bensalhia charts the progress and expanding range of possibilities

27th October 2022

Gaining a life extension

27th October 2022

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Cargotec has entered into a new agreement with RIC (Rainbow Industries Co. Ltd.) with respect to its Kalmar subsidiary. 

15th September 2022

CARGOTEC DOES KALMAR CHINA DEAL

15th September 2022

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Crane reel system suppliers are responding to modern day design requirements and building healthy order books. John Bensalhia reviews the sector

15th September 2022

The Reel Deal

15th September 2022

OPERATIONS

OPERATIONS

Steve Cameron, well known Moderator at the Terminal Operations Conference (TOC) and roving correspondent for Port Strategy, highlights two ‘tales’ from the June TOC in his own inimitable style

15th September 2022

Two tales from toc: the spreader that assesses container structural integrity… while in lifting mode

15th September 2022