Automation and Optimization

Yilport Holding has chosen Konecranes to refurbish and bring back into service 23 cranes as part of its plan to create a new and important Mediterranean shipping hub at Taranto Port.

Ocean Infinity, the next-generation sub-sea technology and data company, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER).

Boluda Towage Europe has made history by becoming the first towage company in Europe to convert an existing operational tugboat to IMO Tier III standards.

Real-Time Business Solutions (RBS) has begun 2020 by introducing SmartTrack as a new feature integrated into TOPX TOS, setting the new path for terminals to resolve all areas of inefficiency.

A new daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The new connection, the 36th daily rail service from the UK's largest container port, runs to Maritime Transport's newly opened East Midlands Gateway.

TradeLens, Maersk and IBM's major blockchain initiative, has taken another major step towards its goal of revolutionizing the global supply chain after the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) amended its regulations relating to cooperation between carriers.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded a comprehensive software and maintenance and support agreement with Australian terminal operator Patrick Terminals.

In 2019, APM Terminals Mumbai handled more than 2 million TEUs throughput for the second consecutive year, AMP Terminals announced on 7th January.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply a total of six fully electric forklift trucks to leading Brazilian logistics operator Sagres.

K-Line's CEO and President Yukikazu Myochin has reaffirmed its commitment to liquefied natural gas (LNG), saying it and other alternative fuels are vital to the carrier achieving its 2050 environmental goals.

With automation sweeping through ports across the globe container terminals continue to be on a both towards technical advancement as we move into 2020.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver two rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) with hybrid drivelines for the Exolgan Container Terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina.