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Dutch logistics provider Verbrugge International BV has selected Konecranes’ software solutions to enhance operations across its three locations in the Netherlands. The agreement, finalized in November 2023, encompasses Terminal Operating…

DB Schenker and Volvo Cars have joined forces to enhance the sustainability of ocean freight by shipping 12,000 standard containers (TEU) of automotive spare parts on vessels utilizing biofuel. This…

Kalmar has received an order for 12 Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers to GMP (Générale de Manutention Portuaire) in Le Havre, France, bringing the GMP’s fleet of Kalmar equipment to a…

Provider of visibility solutions that improve global supply chain operations, Moeco, has launched a smart container monitoring solution that enables logistics companies to reduce costs through improved visibility of the…

Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, has recently commissioned 10 tractors and 10 trailers worth more than 779 million CFA francs (over €1 million). This is the fourth order…

Tincan Island Container Terminal Limited in Nigeria has purchased two eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes. Expected to be delivered in June 2022, this new equipment will improve…

The conflict in Ukraine has prompted the European Union and other bodies to impose a number of sanctions on Russia. The extensive import of energy (crude oil, oil products, LNG,…

Hutchinson Ports ECT Rotterdam, one of the leading and most advanced container terminal operators in Europe, has purchased 3 new Sany remote controlled automatic ship-to-shore-cranes. The company handles a majority…

DP World’s two UK ports handled a record volume of cargo in 2021 after major investments in capability and capacity. During the 12 month period, DP World’s port-centric logistics hub…

Liebherr Container Cranes delivered three fully automated rail mounted gantry cranes to the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The cabinless RMGs have been supplied…

Konecranes in partnership with Pesmel will supply automated warehouse container handling systems following a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 25th November 2021 to provide the globally available new technology under…

Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, exceeded the volume of one million shipping containers handled in 2021, having managed 1,003,734 TEUs over the course of the year. With the…

Vestas and Maersk have formed a long-term strategic partnership for all containerised transport. The partnership includes door-to-door transport from the company´s suppliers to their factories and service warehouses as well…

The first in a new generation of HMM ships which are among the most environmentally friendly ever built has arrived at DP World’s container terminal at Southampton this week. HMM…

In 2013 Hammar has released the MegaReach crane extensions, which allowed Sideloaders to stack two containers high in a 2nd row. With a Safe Working Load (SWL) of 5,5 tonnes…

Kalmar will supply Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) with a total of 10 hybrid straddle carriers for its ECT Delta terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. According to Kalmar the hybrid…

East-West Intermodal Logistics Ltd. has 125 hectares of land at its disposal in Fényeslitke, Hungary, near the Ukrainian and Slovakian border. With the aim to develop this site into the…

Sany has recently delivered ten SRSC45H1 reach stackers to Port Sudan. The units were fully commissioned only one week after this batch of equipment arrived at the port in northern…

NTB in Bremerhaven, one of the most important European container terminals with an annual handling volume of more than 3 million TEU, has taken delivery of four additional Liebherr ship…

Since 2006 Fiji Port Terminal has been operating three Konecranes HMK 300 E Mobile Harbor Cranes, two at Suva and one at Lautoka, where they handle containers and general cargo.“Reliable…

Kalmar has concluded an agreement to supply Marsa Maroc with a total of three Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at its TC3 container terminal, located in Casablanca, Morocco.…
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