Equipment Purchases

Yilport Holding has chosen Konecranes to refurbish and bring back into service 23 cranes as part of its plan to create a new and important Mediterranean shipping hub at Taranto Port. Yilport won a 49-year concession from Italian authorities in 2019 to operate Taranto, located in the south eastern part of the country. The Turkish […]

Falcon Lifts has delivered a Falcon Spider FS 320 to Azimut Group in Kazakhstan. The Falcon FS320 with a 32m working height is wheel based, which assures low ground pressure as it will be driven on very sensitive marble floors. The double jib arm is an essential feature to reach up-and-over to all areas of […]

Three tracked platforms have left Italian manufacturer Easy Lift for England, where they will be delivered to the company’s dealer Aerial & Handling Services. An R160 and an R180 have been sold to MC Property Maintenance, a company providing professional high-access services across the South East of England. MC Property Maintenance carries out property maintenance, […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement with Steveco to supply a total of six diesel-electric straddle carriers for use at the Mussalo terminal in Kotka, Finland. The order is scheduled to be completed during Q2 2020. Steveco Group, a leading port operator in Finland, employs approximately 850 people and has annual revenues of […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will be supplying a leading Turkish equipment rental company Maktas Makinali Tasima (Maktas) with a total of six Kalmar Eco Reachstackers. The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2019 Q4 order intake, with delivery scheduled to be staggered through Q1 of 2020. Established in 1979, Maktas offers rental and sales of both […]

The new articulated crawler crane by Jekko is designed to challenge truck cranes because of its compact dimensions, the high lifting capacity and the option of operating in electric mode There are big plans for the new JF990 articulated crawler crane that has just been delivered to the Norwegian dealer Jekko Norge for the Asbjorn […]

Konecranes has won an agreement with GE Power to provide services covering 264 cranes and jibs that will help the global energy leader bolster operations and improve efficiency at two locations in northern France. The deal includes MAINMAN Planned Maintenance, Routine Maintenance, assistance for compliance inspections and Consultation Services. Two Konecranes technicians will be on […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a performance-based service contract with Metsä Fibre covering their Kemi pulp mill in north-western Finland. The agreement was booked in Cargotec’s 2019 Q2 order intake and will come into effect at the beginning of Q4 2019. Metsä Fibre produces pulp, sawn timber and other bio-products for growing markets and […]

The Ashdod Port Company has taken delivery of what is believed to be the largest crane in use in any Israeli port. The crane cost about €9.5 million and Ashdod has the option to purchase a further nine similar cranes. ​ The new crane made by ZPMC was manufactured in Shanghai and is arriving on a […]

At the beginning of the year, Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik delivered four industrial lift trucks to ICDAS, one of the largest steel producers in Turkey. These are now in operation for scrap handling. ICDAS uses 27 Scheuerle transport vehicles, in total. With their hydrodynamic drive, the industrial lift trucks ordered have a payload of 155,000kg per vehicle. […]