3D sonar sensors enable unmanned sailing
UAntwerp and Port of Antwerp testing innovative technology for autonomous shipping Automated navigation is the future of inland shipping. It may sound futuristic, but innovative research carried out by UAntwerp and the Port of Antwerp is bringing us one s...
BRUKS SIWERTELL SECURES SUSTAINABLE CONVEYOR SYSTEM ORDER FOR NEW ZINC RECYCLING PLANT
Bruks Siwertell has been contracted by the joint venture company, Waelz Sustainable Products (WSP), to supply a series of conveyors for its new zinc recycling facility. WSP’s co-owners, Mexico-based Zinc Nacional and Indianapolis-based Heritage Environm...
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES REQUIRE RAPID, INNOVATIVE RESPONSES
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about some of the most significant societal changes and restrictions that modern populations have even seen, but within this, the wheels of economies are still turning, requiring business to respond and adapt. The univers...
Konecranes delivers largest-ever order of reach stackers to Germany
The BwFuhrparkService GmbH, the fleet service company especially for the German Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces), ordered 39 Konecranes reach stackers in March last year. Specially adapted for harsh conditions, they will be used to handle containers in m...
INVESTMENT FOR A GREEN FUTURE: TIMBER LOG LOGISTICS WITH SENNEBOGEN 835 E MATERIAL HANDLER AND TRAILER
Schwaiger Holzindustrie is located in the heart of Lower Bavaria with direct access to the A3, and has been supported by a SENNEBOGEN 835 E material handler and trailer since this year. From here, the company supplies customers from all over the world, fr...
Digital look over the shoulder
Thanks to digitalisation, it is no longer unusual to parametise and commission single components remotely. BEUMER Group thinks ahead and, for the first time, commissions a complete packaging line including palletiser – from a distance of over 4,000 kilo...
SWISS RECYCLING COMPANY REINHARD RECYCLING AG EXPANDS FLEET WITH THREE MORE SENNEBOGEN MACHINES
Dedication, reliability and a preference for multifunctional tools – all these things are often attributed to Swiss people. Presumably these are exactly the reasons why Fritz Blaser, Managing Director of the Swiss company Reinhard Recycling AG, has deci...
DP World Antwerp Gateway orders fleet of Automated Stacking Cranes from Konecranes
DP World Antwerp Gateway has ordered a fleet of 34 Automated Stacking Cranes (Konecranes Gottwald ARMGs) for its container terminal in Antwerp, Belgium. The cranes will be an expansion to the current fleet of 20 ARMGs currently in operation. The first bat...
Konecranes wins first deal with MEDLOG in Poland
In July, MEDLOG, the logistics arm of MSC Group’s cargo business, confirmed an order for four Konecranes container handlers for their facility in the city of Gdynia on the north Polish coast. Two units have been handed over to the MEDLOG Gdynia depot in...
70T TELESCOPIC CRAWLER CRANE IMPRESSES WITH ITS VERSATILITY FOR SHEET PILE INSTALLATION UNDER HIGH VOLTAGE LINE IN THE NETHERLANDS
Heibedrijf M. Kool BV from Wilnis in the Netherlands is a specialist in foundation work for more than 45 years. They have now been comissioned by their customer VOBI to install sheet piles for the construction of a new pumping station in the Westland regi...
CUSTOMIZED TRUCK UNLOADER DELIVERS DUST CONTROL WITH A DIFFERENCE
Technology is often about getting the right balance, sometimes gains in one area of performance are traded against others to deliver a final product that is ideal for a task, but not always. An area that leaves little room to compromise is environmental p...
Hitachi Zaxis-7 excavator aids conservation in the Danube
One of the first Hitachi ZX300-7 excavators in Austria is working on an important aquatic conservation project on the River Danube. Owned by family-run company, GLS Bau und Montage GmbH, the new medium excavator is one of several construction machines c...
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PRUDHOMME, RETIRES AFTER CLOSE TO TWO DECADES AT THE PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA
This week, Business Development Director Linda Prudhomme was recognized during January’s regular commission meeting, honoring her for the over 19 years of service to the Port of South Louisiana and celebrating the legacy of hard work and dedication she ...
HHLA acquires majority share of automation specialist iSAM AG
Enterprising majority share in profitable growth field. Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Angela Titzrath: Transaction takes HHLA’s growthand innovation-focused strategy further. I iSAM CEO Bernd Mann: HHLA investment creates new business opportunities...
Hirt Resigns as Port Director of Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor
Executive Team to Lead the Searchfor New Hire INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 22, 2021) — Ports of Indiana today announced that Ian Hirt has resigned after four years as port director of Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor, effective May 3, 2021. The Ports of I...
EXTENDED GREAT LAKES SHIPPING SEASON SAVES UP TO 6,700 LONG-DISTANCE TRUCK TRIPS IN JUST ONE WEEK
HAMILTON, ON – Shipping season on the Great Lakes closed on January 8, wrapping up its second week-long trial extension of the season. At the Ports of Hamilton and Oshawa, the extension allowed an additional seven vessels, carrying approximately 25,000-...
North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) prepared for the future with the four new Liebherr ship to shore (STS) container cranes.
Ten identical Liebherr STS cranes now in operation at the port. Ultra large and advanced cranes prepare NTB for the future. Liebherr Automation Systems and Straddle Lane Covers among the key features Killarney (Ireland), January 2021 – NTB in Bremer...
API telematics: why data is king in construction
The use of telematics systems in the construction industry is invaluable – the data provided enables contractors to make savings on fuel consumption, to plan work more efficiently, to schedule preventative maintenance effectively to ensure high availabi...
