Konecranes adds in Ukraine

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Konecranes has signed an agreement to acquire more than 50% of the Ukrainian service company ZAT Craneservice Ukraine (CU)....

Grab crane upgrade complete

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Avtron Crane Systems, part Avtron Industrial Automation, based in Ohio, USA, recently completed the start-up and commissioning of the first ...

Bromma bags deal in Malta

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Bromma Group has won an order for six STS45E quay crane spreaders from Malta Freeport Terminal Ltd, its biggest single order to date for thi...

Fingertip control

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Italy-based Brieda Cabins is marketing its Dynamic Control Station (DYCS) as an innovative crane operator control system that features finge...

More Gottwald 4s

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Gottwald has reported two more orders for its new Generation 5 Harbour Crane Model 4, launched as an entry level model for the 100t crane cl...

Fantuzzi seeking white knight?

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It is understood that Luciano Fantuzzi is discussing a possible sale with two potential buyers, understood to be Management & Capitali (M&C)...

Liebherr: Enter the LHM 280

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Last year Liebherr-Werk Nenzing introduced the LHM 180 mobile harbour crane as a more modern and more powerful crane to replace the LHM 150 ...

New skirmish in war on containers

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A new threat to the viability of container operations in the US has emerged in New Jersey with a proposal to impose taxes on empty container...

Cooler prospects for reefer builders

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The world’s major reefer container manufacturers achieved a record output in 2007 when they built almost 120,000 units between them. Howev...

Transnet lines up new port investment

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South Africa’s annual economic growth rate may have slowed from 5.3% last year to 2.1% during the first quarter of 2008, but transport uti...

Drive to cleaner engine technologies

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Linde Material Handling has outlined its strategic plans for new drive technology. Its policy is based on dwindling oil reserves, more strin...

A snapshot of the container industry

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For those who have been in the container business for more years than they care to remember, a new report by Dutch shipping consultants Dyna...

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