With the introduction of its radically new Konecranes S-series crane, now available in the US and Canada in capacities up to 6.3 tons, the global lifting leader shatters old-school stereotypes of overhead crane design. A product of years of research and bristling with innovations, the Konecranes S-series delivers a long list of tangible benefits that are unduplicated in the lifting industry today.

Konecranes next-generation S-series crane incorporates synthetic rope and a tilted hoist drum to propel overhead crane performance beyond current limits.

Konecranes Port Solutions is changing the container handling playing field by giving container terminal operators the ability to retrofit powerful intelligence on their existing container cranes that would not otherwise be available.

In March 2020, Konecranes won its largest-ever reach stacker contract, from a customer in Germany. The order for 39 reach stackers was won with Konecranes’ distributor Richter Fördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q3 2020 and run until Q1 2021.

Konecranes has won an order to deliver seven CXT medium-heavy lifting indoor cranes and one 50-ton outdoor Gantry crane to the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear construction site of Finnish energy company Fennovoima. The order with Hanhikivi’s main contractor, Titan-2, was booked in Q3 2019 and the cranes will be delivered before the end of 2020.

KONECRANES AND CHANTIERS DE L’ATLANTIQUE, A SHIPYARD IN ST. NAZAIRE, FRANCE, HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR THE DELIVERY OF A KONECRANES GOLIATH GANTRY CRANE. IT WILL HANDLE LARGE SHIP BLOCKS AND PANELS OVER THE DRY DOCK, PLAYING A LEADING ROLE IN SHIP ASSEMBLY AT THIS STORIED SHIPYARD. THE ORDER WAS BOOKED IN Q4 2019.

Konecranes has won an order to deliver seven CXT medium-heavy lifting indoor cranes and one 50-ton outdoor Gantry crane to the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear construction site of Finnish energy company Fennovoima. The order with Hanhikivi’s main contractor, Titan-2, was booked in Q3 2019 and the cranes will be delivered before the end of 2020.

Konecranes has won an order for 20 RTG cranes from APMT’s West Africa Container Terminal in East Nigeria. The order was booked in two parts, the first in December 2019 and the second in January 2020. Delivery is scheduled for Q4 2020 – Q2 2021.

Konecranes has signed contracts with Yilport for the delivery of Automated RTG systems to three of Yilport’s European container terminals, two in Portugal and one in Sweden. Automated RTG operation is coming of age in Europe, driven by Konecranes. The order was booked in December 2019.

In the last quarter of 2019, Rhenus Logistics B.V. (Rhenus) ordered an eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Crane for their operations at the Rhenus Deep Sea Terminal, Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. With commissioning planned for May and handover by June 2020, the crane will handle general, heavylift & project cargo and expand the terminal’s container handling capacity. Equipped with an external power supply, it brings Konecranes’ Powered by Ecolifting to a new market.