Equipment Purchases
Kalmar and Port of Tauranga add hybrid straddle carriers
Kalmar has secured a large order from long-term customer the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand for four Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers. The order was booked in Cargotec’s Q2 2023 order intake, with delivery scheduled for Q4 of 2023. The Port of Tauranga, located on New Zealand’s North Island, is the country’s largest container terminal […]
Kalmar delivers first fully electric reachstacker to Cabooter Group
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has officially handed over its first fully electric reachstacker to long-term partner Cabooter Group following a six-month testing period. The reachstacker will continue operations at Cabooter Group’s Greenport Venlo intermodal terminal in the south east of the Netherlands. Since its founding in 1995, Cabooter Group has grown to become a global […]
£3 million JCB investment fuels EMR’S greener future
JCB has landed its biggest ever UK order for electric equipment after EMR, a global leader in sustainable materials, bought 50 electric Teletruk models, in a deal worth more than £3 million. EMR recycles over eight million tonnes of metals and plastics each year – anything from an aircraft carrier to a can. It has […]
KENC to design and make monopile upending tool
KENC Engineering has been awarded a contract from an international marine contractor to design and build a Flange Mounted Upending Tool (FMUT). The FMUT will be deployed on a jack-up vessel and used for various upcoming projects. KENC was asked to develop a versatile tool that can assist in the upending, down ending, and lifting […]
MEP Hire adds 150 Genie micro scissors to its fleet
MEP Hire has taken delivery of 150 Genie GS-1432m micro scissor lifts as it builds up its fleet of productive, compact access equipment across its 11 branches to meet the needs of contractors in the UK. “Thanks to their lightweight construction of just 900kg and compact footprint, Genie GS-1432m micro scissors are a good offering […]
Genie MEWPs chosed for facility maintenance at two holy mosques
Authorised Genie dealer Medco has begun delivery of 135 Genie boom and scissor lifts purchased by Al Majal Al Arabi for facility maintenance on holy mosques at Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia. These lifts will be used for cleaning and routine maintenance at these important sites. The order includes Genie S-60 J and S-80 […]
Salerno Container Terminals strengthens fleet with another LHM 600
Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) is a maritime gateway connecting worldwide container shipping networks to South and Central Italy’s import and export markets. It operated the first container vessel at the port of Salerno in 1977 and today ranks among the top Italian port facilities, supplying more than 40% of the country’s consumer population. SCT already […]
Port in Bahamas orders Konecranes Harbour Crane to raise productivity and eco-efficiency
Nassau Container Port (NCP) has ordered an eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Crane for container handling at their terminal at Arawak Cay, Nassau, Bahamas. The order was booked in November 2022 and the crane will be delivered in July 2023. With a joint government and private shareholding, Arawak Port Development (APD)/Nassau Container Port […]
Rothlehner Arbeitsbühnen delivers two more Easy Lift spiders
Easy Lift has been collaborating with Rothlehner Arbeitsbühnen GmbH since the end of 2020 and the two companies participated jointly at the Bauma exhibition in October last year. Rothlehner Arbeitsbühnen has worked hard to promote Easy Lift spiders in Germany and its sales in 2022 recorded a significant surge. Among the latest machines delivered by […]
Kalmar signs service contract with a Swedish steel producer
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a comprehensive five-year service agreement with a Swedish steel producer including the provision of equipment, parts and service personnel. The order, which is valued at 25 million euro, was booked in Cargotec’s 2022 Q4 order intake. The service agreement will come into effect from the beginning of January 2023. […]