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.
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.
EUROGATE Technical Services GmbH has ordered Konecranes' Agilon warehouse solution to give around-the-clock, easy and safe access to materials in an energy-efficient and fully trackable way.
Konecranes will deliver a fleet of 18 Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs) to London Gateway Terminal, equipped with Konecranes automation technology. London Gateway, operated by DP World, is the UK’s fastest growing deep-sea container terminal. Located on the River Thames some 25 km from central London, it has an ambitious growth plan for automated container handling at the core.
Spinelli S.r.l. (Spinelli Group) has ordered the first Generation 6 crane to their fleet of Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes at their terminal in Genoa, northwestern Italy. Their container handling operations will benefit from improved performance of this crane, its doubled service life and its improved eco-efficiency. The order was booked in July 2022 and the crane will be delivered in December.
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in the USA has ordered 12 Konecranes RTGs for the Port of Savannah, Georgia. When these cranes are working, the Port of Savannah will operate a fleet of 234 Konecranes RTGs. Konecranes booked the order in Q3 2022, and the cranes will be delivered by the end of 2024.
Ports of Auckland (POAL) in New Zealand have ordered five Konecranes Noell straddle carriers as replacement units for their fleet of manual Konecranes Noell straddle carriers.Their fleet includes automated straddle carriers as well. The order was booked in December 2021. The machines will be delivered and commissioned by March 2023.
Since Konecranes Lifetime Advantage was launched in 2019, their upgrade packages have always made the most recent advances in safety and productivity available to their customers. In 2022, this long-term commitment to improving lift truck performance not only brings three more upgrades, but this time, it also includes special spare parts deals and an updated eLearning platform.
Sigma Weiterverarbeitungs GmbH & Co KG (Sigma), a steel manufacturing company based in southwestern Germany, have accepted delivery of a new Konecranes reach stacker for their flame cutting plant in Dillingen, Saarland, near the French border.
Terminal Graneles del Norte (TGN) in Chile, South America, has ordered three Konecranes RMGs with a high level of automation. The cranes will play a special intermodal role at TGN in the city of Mejillones. These will be the first Konecranes RMGs ever delivered to South America.
SAVAR, a leading logistics company in Perú, have accepted delivery of a new Konecranes reach stacker for their Los Ferroles site N°50 at the Port of Callao, in the capital Lima. The order of the equipment, distributed and supported by Trex, the leading company in lifting solutions in Perú, was booked in August 2021 and started operation in December of the same year.