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Apmt Rotterdam Orders Fleet Of Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers

Konecranes Noell straddle carriers The APMT Rotterdam container terminal in The Netherlands has ordered a fleet of 16 diesel-electric Konecranes Noell straddle carriers. They will be delivered and handed over by the end of September 2020. Booked in March 2020 this order continues the successful relationship between APMT Rotterdam and Konecranes that goes back to 2005. APMT Rotterdam currently operates a fleet of 41 Konecranes Noell straddle carrie...

Konecranes And Fluidmesh Join Forces To Deliver World First 100% Wireless Automated Rubber Tired Gantry (Artg) Crane System

Konecranes and Fluidmesh Networks announce that they have joined forces and successfully carried out proof-of-concept testing of fully wireless communication for the Konecranes Automated RTG system. This breakthrough allows container terminal operators to roll out remote control and automation to RTGs in the container yard without running fiber or cable spools with substantial savings in cost and time. Port and container terminal operators have be...

Konecranes To Deliver Fleet Of Ag Vs To Long Beach Container Terminal

Konecranes has signed a contract with Long Beach Container Terminal for 30 additional Konecranes Gottwald Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) which will be delivered in Q4 2021 and commissioned by Q2 2022. The order which was booked in March 2020 reflects the growing momentum behind Konecranes’ path to port automation approach. Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) currently operates a fleet of 72 lead-acid battery-driven Konecranes Gottwald Automated...

Konecranes S Series Reinvents The Benchmark For Overhead Industrial Cranes

Konecranes S-series crane delivers a long list of tangible benefits that are unduplicated in the lifting industry today. With the introduction of its radically new Konecranes S-series crane now available in the US and Canada in capacities up to 6.3 tons the global lifting leader shatters old-school stereotypes of overhead crane design. A product of years of research and bristling with innovations the Konecranes S-series delivers a long list of tan...

Konecranes Receives Order For Second Mobile Harbor Crane In Brindisi

In the first quarter of SIR S.p.A. Servizi Industriali (SIR) ordered another eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their operations at the Port of Brindisi in southeastern Italy. With delivery in May and commissioning in June the crane will be handling mostly bulk but also general and project cargo. Founded in 2005 SIR is a leading provider of industry-related environmental services. A decade later they expanded their operation...