The Transnet National Port, in Cape Town, South Africa is a busy port, with a rapidly growing volume of container ships using its wharfs. The Port Authority commissioned local civil construction ...

This model Goliath crane is fifty storeys high and weighs 7,000 tonnes. The circle in the bottom right hand corner is circling a person To begin with - a bit of history. The birth date of heavy gantry ...

The first open hatch vessel (12,000 dwt) with gantry cranes was delivered to Oestberg's Rederi, in Norway, December 1962. This revolutionary vessel and crane design was a result of cooperation between ...

Automated motion guidance systems with heavy-duty load capacities are experiencing a significant increase in demand. One reason for this revolves around the installation of flexible multi-axis robots ...

Konecranes and the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have celebrated the 1,000 th rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) crane manufactured by Konecranes. The Port of Savannah in Georgia, USA, took delivery of it ...

Transport Minister Eric Abetz said ferry operator TT-Line had identified potential new approaches to the construction of the berth’s gantry, which could bring delivery of the $285m infrastructure ...

Image courtesy Konecranes Retrofit testing before delivery. Photo courtesy Konecranes Electric RTG (e-RTG) with busbar. Photo courtesy Konecranes A drive and control system retrofit is an efficient ...