August 12 - Terex Port Solutions (TPS) is supplying a Terex Gottwald Model 2 G HMK 2304 mobile harbour crane and a Stackace E 6-8 empty container handler to the Belgian river Port of Liège.
The Model 2 crane has a lifting capacity of 80 tonnes and an outreach of up to 40 m.
The crane and empty container handler will be used on the 300 m long quay, on which only a rail-mounted gantry crane with 50-tonne lifting capacity has been working to date.
At the end of September, Bergé Maritime received a Liebherr LHM 550 crane as part of a plan to upgrade the port of Tarragona, Spain.
Mammoet’s SK6000 has passed its test programme after Lloyd’s Register certified the crane’s safe operation to its specification.
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) said that negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, opening up the possibility of more industrial action at US ports.
The carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) sector is on the radar of many project logisticians and multipurpose carriers. This nascent market is facing headwinds, however, with many CCUS projects deemed too expensive to work on a commercial basis. Still, some firms are pressing ahead, despite technical and financial pressures.
Silk Way Group will develop a new airport and cargo village in the Alat Free Economic Zone, Azerbaijan.
A Damen RSD-E achieved a Guinness World Record for the most powerful electric tugboat.
