Konecranes, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Hyvinkää, Finland, is a world-leading group specializing in material handling solutions and lifting equipment. The company's extensive product portfolio includes overhead cranes, hoists, port cranes, container handling equipment, and automated warehouse systems, serving industries such as manufacturing, shipyards, ports, and terminals. Konecranes emphasizes innovation, safety, and sustainability, integrating advanced technologies like automation and remote monitoring into their products. With a global presence in over 50 countries, Konecranes delivers reliable and efficient lifting solutions to clients worldwide.
Norwegian logistics provider Tyrholm & Farstad AS has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their new Flatholmen terminal in Ålesund, with delivery scheduled for Q2 2024, to expand capacity and reduce carbon emissions.
The 8 Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes will be delivered to a new container terminal at Puerto Antioquia, Colombia, that will provide new export and import power for the regional economy of Antioquia and Colombia as a whole. The order was booked in August 2023.
Port Houston in Texas has ordered 5 Konecranes hybrid RTGs for its Barbours Cut Container Terminal to support its long-term improvement program covering channel development and land infrastructure investment.
In March 2023, the Port of Trelleborg received a Konecranes intermodal reach stacker for trailer and container handling at their intermodal terminal on the southern coast of Sweden. This new lift truck replaces an older unit that has reached the end of its service life.
Konecranes introduced two exciting technical developments to their lift trucks range: reach stackers to handle heavier empty containers and spreaders with an increased capacity.
To update their existing fleet at their terminal in Savona, northern Italy, the Campostano Group has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for general cargo and bulk material handling.