BEUMER Group: with the start-up company Codept to the new business idea
BEUMER Group has declared digitization a top priority in order to maximize customer satisfaction, while remaining competitive. How can this be achieved? The system supplier relies on the support of start-up companies to bring digital projects into the gro...
HLC-installation near to completion: Heavy Lift Crane HLC 295000 reaches next milestone
Largest crane Liebherr has ever built Liebherr Rostock successfully installed the 145 meter boom The new portal crane TCC 78000 was a key factor for the successful installation process The HLC 295000 onboard of the next generation offshore installation ve...
AUMUND supplies Conveying Solution for Bauxite
This summer AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH will be supplying an AUMUND Arched Plate Conveyor to Mytilineos S.A. in Agios Nikolaos on the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. This is the location at which the Mytilineos metallurgy and technology group operates a plant w...
PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA TO COMMEMORATE FIFTH ANNUAL ‘PORTS DAY,’ SLATED FOR APRIL 5
2020 event recognizes value of Western Hemisphere seaports to COVID-19 response and recovery, supply chain continuity and long-term economic stability. The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) –the unified and recognized voice of seaports in ...
Konecranes wins its largest-ever order for reach stackers
In March 2020, Konecranes won its largest-ever reach stacker contract, from a customer in Germany. The order for 39 reach stackers was won with Konecranes’ distributor Richter Fördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q3 202...
Seaports: On The COVID-19 Recovery Supply Lines
On April 5th, seaports of the Americas will commemorate Western Hemisphere Ports Day for the fifth consecutive year. Typically slated to recognize the maritime industry’s role in job creation and economic prosperity, this year’s event will focus on th...
NOTICE: Covid-19 Interim Directives for Vessels
The Port of South Louisiana supports the interim Covid-19 directives for vessels from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and United States Coast Guard (USCG); that non-passenger commercial vessels, with no ...
Liebherr: The Liebherr Group increases turnover to over eleven billion Euros
Bulle (Switzerland), April 6, 2020 – In 2019, the Liebherr Group completed another very successful business year with turnover of € 11,750 million. This represents an increase of € 1,199 million or 11.4 % compared with the previous year. Despite the...
Siwertell unloader meets Subic Grain’s growing import needs
Good recommendations, proven performance and an unmatched record for fast, efficient grain handling led Subic Bay Freeport Grain Terminal Services Inc to opt for a Siwertell unloader. Since its delivery, feedback has been resoundingly positive, with the u...
SMT Senegal: Mr. Thiaw, Managing Director at CCBIT talks about his SDLG machines purchase from SMT Senegal
The company CCBIT, better known as ETS NIASS THIAW, operates in the transport and quarries sectors, and is headquartered in Touba. Mr. Thiaw came across SMT Senegal in 2015 while doing research because he had plans to purchase equipment. One day, as he ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...