by Crane Market | Dec 14, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Contracts have been awarded over the past few weeks that will transform Tanger Med in Morocco into the biggest container port in Africa. The facility is already handling as much cargo as Durban in South Africa. APM Terminals (APMT) is developing the fourth terminal at...
by Crane Market | Dec 14, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Jacksonville, FL (WOKV) – They’re in business. JAXPORT’s new cranes have started operations at the Blount Island Marine Terminal. The electric cranes can service wider vessels, allowing JAXPORT to broaden their cargo-handling capabilities. Three $37.6 million...
by Crane Market | Nov 9, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
A $27m supersized cargo crane was damaged ahead of its official commissioning ceremony at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, according to the city’s Post and Courier newspaper. The crane is one of two post-panamax ship-to-shore cranes built in China, that the...
by Crane Market | Nov 7, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The new super post-Panamax cranes towering over the Wando Welch Terminal’s waterfront are among the most visually striking symbols of the State Ports Authority’s readiness for oversized container ships visiting here via an expanded Panama Canal. On...
by Crane Market | Sep 15, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Ports & Terminals
USD 40 million investments will enable safer, more reliable service for the largest ships on the trans-Pacific trade routes. The first of ten ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at the APM Terminals Los Angeles Pier 400 facility was raised 33 feet (10 meters), making it the...