The Port of Hamburg Again Honored as “Best Logistics Brand”

The members of the logistics network BVL and the readers of the trade paper LOGISTIK HEUTE once again named the Port of Hamburg as the “Best Logistics Brand of 2020” in the category of seaports. The port was previously awarded the title in 2017. The w...

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Liebherr mobile harbour cranes make Rostock a hub of the New Silk Road

EUROPORTS Germany loads containers of the New Silk Road with LHM 550 Liebherr mobile harbour cranes Liebherr equipment turns Rostock into an efficient multipurpose port and future distribution centre of the New Silk Road Liebherr’s Maritime Training...

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Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. to supply two rail mounted gantry cranes to Freight Village in Russia.

Freight Village Vorsino, located outside Moscow has placed an order with Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. for two rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes. The RMG’s have a span of 32 m, a lift height over rail of 12.5 m and cantilevers of 8 m and 9.7 m respectiv...

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Norwegian contractor improves profitability with ConSite

Norwegian company H&K Sandnes (video) is an active user of Hitachi’s remote monitoring system, Global e-Service, for a wide range of its Hitachi excavators. The Larvik-based groundworks and drainage contractor has taken out a full service contract ...

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Port Elizabeth prepares for citrus season

Two new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes type LHM 600 arrived at the Port Elizabeth Container Terminal (PECT) The responsible employees of the port were previously trained in the use of the cranes on a Liebherr simulator Record harvest expected – Lieb...

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First ocean vessel of 2020 Arrives at Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

Traditional Ceremony Canceled Due to COVID-19 Precautions PORTAGE, Ind – (April 13, 2020) The first ocean-going vessel arrived today at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor, thereby commencing the 2020 international shipping season. Port officials welcomed ...

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Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon Completes $2 Million Capital Improvement Project

Investments Include New Overhead Gantry Crane, Concrete Floor in General Cargo Terminal MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (April 10, 2020) –The Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon recently completed a $2 million capital improvement project geared toward attracting more cargo...

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Container shipping into the hinterland on a good track

The transport of containers by barge from and to the Port of Hamburg is picking up speed. Contrary to the nationwide result with a decline of 4.1 percent, the Port of Hamburg recorded an increase of 13 percent in container transport by inland waterway ves...

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Quezon specifies enclosed Siwertell ship unloader for new power plant

Bruks Siwertell has won a contract to supply a new coal unloader to returning customer Quezon Power Ltd Co. Based in the Philippines, Quezon has ordered a high-capacity Siwertell screw-type continuous ship unloader to serve the country’s first supercrit...

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Update on current status of Hitachi Construction Machinery production bases

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. announced updates on the status of all main production bases on 6 April 2020. If you have not already viewed the press release from HCM communicating this news, please see this below for your information. Hitachi C...

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