Konecranes is supplying an STS BoxHunter crane to Steveco in Finland.

Konecranes expands Mediterranean base
HYVINKÄÄ, Finland
Konecranes has bought Italian service company Technical Services srl's ports service business.

Technical Services, based in Vado Ligure, was established in 1998. Its 2006 sales totalled EUR1.8 million (USD2.5 million). The ports service business provides maintenance and engineering services to port terminals, shipyards, shipping companies and related equipment manufacturers.

The acquisition price was not disclosed.

Konecranes has also received two major orders from Finnish container terminal operator Steveco Oy.

The ship-to-shore crane and three straddle carriers will be delivered to Steveco's container terminals in Vuosaari and Mussalo, Finland, during the northern hemisphere autumn of 2008. The contract includes a long-term service agreement.

Kalmar's latest acquisition
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Kalmar has bought Dutch terminal software provider Advanced Cargo Transhipment BV (ACT).

ACT, a former business unit of Utrecht-based Frog Navigation, is expected to increase Kalmar's resources in automated horizontal transportation R&D and delivery projects. It will be integrated into Kalmar's dedicated business unit, Kalmar Intelligence & Automation.

The parties will not disclose the transaction value.

Jorma Tirkkonen, Kalmar Intelligence & Automation (KIA) president, says: "ACT's innovative, 'hi-tech' team is a great addition to KIA, improving further our capabilities to automate container handling equipment and terminals."

Kalmar's range of onboard products and automated systems includes:

• Fleetview: a real-time monitoring system that optimises the deployment of container yard equipment.
• Smartrail: an autosteering and container position verification system for RTGs.
• Smartpath: a container position verification system for straddle carriers and RTGs.
• Remote Machine Interface: a tool for remote machine monitoring, maintenance tasking and reporting.
• Automatic stacking cranes: an automated handling solution providing high productivity and stacking density for large terminals.
• Autostrad: unmanned straddle carrier handling system.