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Largest gantry crane in the Nordic countries delivered to Meyer Turku
The largest gantry crane in the Nordic countries was delivered yesterday to Meyer Turku shipyard by Finnish Konecranes. Goliath crane will be used to build increasingly large cruise ships at Meyer Turku shipyard …
Philippines receives its largest port equipment; ICTSI to boost flagship operation with new cranes
International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) flagship Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the Philippines’ leading international trading gateway, is now capable of handling the …
Georgia Ports Authority orders 10 more Konecranes RTGs
The Board of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has approved the purchase of 10 additional Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes. This will bring the fleet at Garden City Terminal, Port of Savannah, to 156 …
Bristol Port invests with Kalmar to improve reliability and productivity with comprehensive STS crane upgrade
The Bristol Port Company has signed a contract with Kalmar, part of Cargotec, to undertake a comprehensive upgrade of one of the terminal's ship-to-shore (STS) cranes. The upgrade project is scheduled to be completed …
Construction for SSCV OOS Walcheren Haimen City started in China
The construction of OOS Walcheren (Hull number CMHI 163-2) started in China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) on the 24th May 2018.
The OOS Walcheren is the second newbuild Semi-Submersible Crane Vessel (SSCV) …
Enhanced capacity for handling ultra-heavy cargoes – 600-ton crane now stationed in Port of Hamburg
Since the beginning of the year the Port of Hamburg has offered an optimized service portfolio for handling ultra-heavy loads. With an unit load capacity of 600 tons, ‘Enak’ is the most powerful …
New cranes arrive at APM Terminals Elizabeth
The four gantry cranes are designed for operations on today’s largest container vessels.
APM Terminals Elizabeth took delivery Thursday (Apr 26) of four of the newest generation gantry cranes to better serve liner …
Royal IHC delivers 4000 tonnes crane vessel GULLIVER to Scaldis
On Friday 20 April, Royal IHC handed over the fully self-propelled DP2 crane vessel GULLIVER to Scaldis, a subsidiary of DEME, Jan de Nul and Herbosch-Kiere. IHC managed the complete scope of work including the design, …
Fleet Cleaner cleans world’s largest crane vessel
This March Fleet Cleaner has completed the cleaning of both floaters of Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Thialf in the Port of Rotterdam. This was the first hull cleaning of the vessel since it went to dry …
Jumbo names new offshore vessel Stella Synergy
This week Jumbo announced the winner of the competition to name our new DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel (HLCV) to be delivered in the first quarter of 2020. Last month we launched an internal naming competition so that all …