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Konecranes Wins Order For 20 Rtg Cranes In Nigeria

Konecranes has won an order for RTG cranes from APMT’s West Africa Container Terminal in East Nigeria. The order was booked in two parts the first in December 2019 and the second in January 2020. Delivery is scheduled for Q4 2020 – Q2 2021. APMT’s West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) is located in Onne Port part of the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone in Nigeria. It was one of the first container terminals to be built in Nigeria under publicprivate own...

Konecranes To Provide Eight Cranes For Fennovoima’s Hanhikivi 1 Nuclear Construction Site In Finland

Konecranes has won an order to deliver seven CXT medium-heavy lifting indoor cranes and one 50-ton outdoor Gantry crane to the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear construction site of Finnish energy company Fennovoima. The order with Hanhikivi’s main contractor Titan-2 was booked in Q3 2019 and the cranes will be delivered before the end of 2020. The nuclear power industry depends on safe and reliable equipment operation. With more than a half-century in the nucl...

Konecranes Goliath Strides To France

Konecranes and Chantiers de l’Atlantique a shipyard in St. Nazaire France have signed a contract for the delivery of a Konecranes Goliath gantry crane. It will handle large ship blocks and panels over the dry dock playing a leading role in ship assembly at this storied shipyard. The order was booked in Q4 2019. Lasse Merenheimo Konecranes’ Director of Shipyard Cranes said: “We are thrilled to have received this order from Chantiers de l’Atlantique...

Konecranes Wins Its Largest Ever Order For Reach Stackers

In March Konecranes won its largest-ever reach stacker contract from a customer in Germany. The order for 39 reach stackers was won with Konecranes’ distributor Richter Fördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q3 2020 and run until Q1 2021. The contract is for the delivery of 39 Konecranes SMV 2216 TC3 reach stackers with modifications to allow for the stacking of 22-ton 16-ton and 6-ton containers. “This was a long-ne...