Cranes & Material Handling


Adriatic Gate Container Terminal Curbs Crane Noise Pollution

Dec 11, 2024

Croatia’s Adriatic Gate Container Terminal has taken a step towards more community-friendly operations by installing white noise reversing alarms on two of its rail-mounted gantry cranes.White noise reversing alarms emit a softer, more localized…

NZ Maritime Union Welcomes Port CEO Conviction

Nov 26, 2024

The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the conviction of former Port of Auckland (POAL) CEO Tony Gibson on a health and safety charge.Gibson was found guilty by Judge Bonnar in the Auckland District Court on Wednesday.Charges were laid…

Mitsui E&S to Supply Cranes for Port of Long Beach

Nov 25, 2024

Mitsui E&S and its subsidiary company in the United States, PACECO Corp. have received an order from International Transportation Service for eight near-zero emission hybrid ship-to-shore gantry cranes for the Port of Long Beach.This marks the…

Liebherr Equips Port Newark Container Terminal with Two New STS Cranes

Nov 18, 2024

Crane specialist Liebherr has delivered two ship-to-shore container (STS) cranes to Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT), boosting its capability to handle the next generation of ultra large container vessels.Designed and manufactured at Liebherr’s Irish facility…

Liebherr Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence

Nov 04, 2024

The LGM 1130 introduced in 1974 was Liebherr’s first mobile harbour crane, and the LHM has evolved with innovative design features and technological advancements. This month, Liebherr celebrates over one half century of innovation.Over the decades…

New Mobile Harbor Cranes Boost Efficiency at Iloilo

Oct 10, 2024

Two new mobile harbor cranes (MHCs) have entered operation at ICTSI’s Visayas Container Terminal (VCT) at Iloilo in the Philippines.The cranes are the first of their kind on Panay Island.Manufactured by Konecranes, each of the two new ESP.5…

Mammoet Launches World’s Strongest Land-Based Crane for Energy Sector

Sep 02, 2024

Heavy lift and transport services firm Mammoet has launched the SK6000 land-based crane, said to be the world’s strongest, capable of handling large offshore wind components and delivering reduced integration times to offshore oil and gas projects…

Hybrid Cranes Delivered to East Java Multipurpose Terminal

Aug 14, 2024

The East Java Multipurpose Terminal (EJMT) recently took delivery of two new Konecranes Gottwald post-Panamax ESP.8 mobile harbor cranes.The new equipment will support EJMT in handling bulk, project and container cargo once the terminal commences operations in September…

Mitsui E&S Receives Order for 21 Container Cranes in Vietnam

Aug 01, 2024

Mitsui E&S Co. has received an order from Petro Vietnam Phuoc An Port Investment & Operation Joint Stock Company (PAP), an upcoming port operator funded by the Vietnamese government, for five ship-to-shore gantry cranes and 16 electric rubber-tired gantry cranes…

Roll Group Expands Heavy Gantry Capability in Indonesia

Jul 25, 2024

Roll Group has successfully executed two lifts, each exceeding 1,000 tonnes, utilizing its new RMG modular gantry crane system at a Petrochemical Facility in Cilegon, Indonesia.The implementation of Roll Group's heavy gantry crane system represents…

Fourth Delivery of Hybrid-Electric Cranes Arrive at Port Houston

Jun 25, 2024

Port Houston has announced the arrival of six hybrid-electric rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes.Including this most-recent delivery, the Port has acquired 26 new RTGs since December 2023, which have been deployed across its Barbours Cut and Bayport Container Terminals…

Marcor Stevedoring Takes new Harbor Cranes

Mar 22, 2024

The LHM 800 will be used for handling dry bulk commodities such as agri-bulk, biomass, fertilizers, and mineral bulk cargoes. The crane will increase the throughput and efficiency of the terminal, which is expected to reach 10 million tonnes per year by 2025…

Dutch Terminal Places Largest Single Crane Order to ABB and Kuenz

Mar 14, 2024

ABB and crane builder Kuenz have secured the largest single order of automatic stacking cranes ever made by a European terminal, as part of the ‘phase 2’ expansion of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.The companies…

MITSUI E&S Develops Digital Crane Inspection Management System

Dec 21, 2023

Mitsui E&S has developed CREWS (crane engineer workflow service) for port crane inspections.Trials of the system have begun for crane inspection operations at Hakata Port Island City Container Terminal in Japan.CREWS enables digitization of…

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