August roundup: latest ports and container handling news

Rosie Clifford -
Forkliftaction Sparks
- 29 Aug 2024 ( #1194 )
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Adani's Vizhinjam port is equipped with South Asia's most advanced container handling technology.
Adani's Vizhinjam port is equipped with South Asia's most advanced container handling technology.

Get up to date with our latest port and container handling coverage in this August roundup from Forkliftaction News. We bring together the newest equipment orders for ports and terminals worldwide as they work towards their net zero commitments. We also cover the latest market developments and financial reports for major equipment manufacturers in the sector.


In August

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority (SVGPA) orders a Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 mobile harbour crane for the Port of Kingstown, in alignment with its goal to lower local carbon emissions.

Cargotec records a busy first half of 2024, increasing its operating profit, initiating the sales process for MacGregor, and finalising the demerger from its Kalmar heavy cranes business.

Following a tender process, the Irish Defence Forces gets set to deploy an E-VER electric forklift, supplied by Konecranes for use at its primary Logistics Hub in County Kildare.

Konecranes announces it will establish a network of partners to build port cranes in the United States to avoid tariffs designed to eliminate cybersecurity risks.

The Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) in South Africa takes delivery of 50 new haulers to increase citrus loading rates as mid-season approaches.

Penang Port in Malaysia adds four Kalmar empty container handlers and one reachstacker as it seeks to improve the efficiency of its operations.

In July

India's first automated port begins operations by welcoming its Maersk’s container vessel, the 300-metre-long San Fernando. The Vizhinjam Port is equipped with South Asia's most advanced container handling technology.

South Korea’s HJ Shipbuilding and Construction (HJSC) gets set to manufacture and install 34 transfer cranes at Busan New Port. The project is expected to take 36 months to complete for a total construction cost of KRW187 billion (USD135 million).

The Port of Los Angeles deploys the United States’ first battery powered electric cargo top handlers as it works towards becoming a zero-emission (ZE) port. The port was the first in the world to begin testing the ZE top handler prototypes by Taylor Machine Works in 2019.

Brazil’s first electric reach stackers will be installed at APM Terminals Suape, making it the first 100% electric terminal in Latin America. The equipment order is part of a net zero by 2040 commitment by APM Terminals.

A gantry crane operator is charged with negligence over a fatal accident at a container yard in the Indian town of Uran, near Mumbai.

The Finnish Port of Oulu orders a Konecranes Gottwald ESP.7 portal harbour crane to improve cargo handling capability at its main quay.

Freight, warehousing and logistics company Mondiale VGL acquires Interunion, a provider of air, sea and land transportation, warehousing, logistics and domestic transportation.

Beumer Group becomes the first German company to set up production in India’s Model Economic Town with a INR2 billion (USD24 million) factory.

Materials handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar makes its debut on the Nasdaq Helsinki after being spun off by former parent company Cargotec.

Texas-based Morris Export Services acquires the first LiuGong 2450H reachstacker in North America, marking the debut of LiuGong's heavy machinery in the region.

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