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Suez Canal Container Terminal receives new cranes

The Suez Canal Container Terminal (SCCT) reached a significant milestone in its expansion project with the arrival of the vessel Zhenhua 35 in November, which carried the first shipment of equipment needed for terminal expansion, including four Super Post-Panamax ZPMC Quay Cranes.

With a 72-meter boom outreach, these cranes are engineered to handle twin 65-ton containers and heavy lifts of up to 100 tons. Six electric Rubber-Tyred Gantry (eRTG) cranes, equipped with state-of-the-art automation...

https://container-news.com/suez-canal-container-terminal-receives-new-cranes/

US warns of cyber threat from China container cranes

The U.S. Coast Guard issued an additional warning to American ports of potential security risks posed by container cranes made in China. 

The new MARSEC Directive 105-5 sets out additional cyber risk management requirements for ship-to-shore cranes made by Chinese companies.

The directive follows a previous mandate for security measures issued in February.

The new directive in part states that “built-in vulnerabilities for remote access and control of these STS cranes, combined with intelligence...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-warns-of-cyber-threat-from-china-container-cranes

Port of Virginia gets new cranes, chassis pool upgrade

The Port of Virginia has announced the delivery of the first of four new ship-to-ship cranes to be installed at the East Coast container gateway.

The port said the new 170-foot cranes will double the number of ultra large container vessel (ULCV) berths at Virginia International Gateway, for ships carrying more than 14,500 twenty-foot equivalent units.

As part of the $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Program, the port will have a total of 33 electric ship-to-shore cranes when the program is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-virginia-gets-new-cranes-chassis-pool-upgrade

Is China spying on American ports?

On Feb. 29, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., sent a strongly worded letter to an obscure Chinese equipment manufacturer: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. (known as “ZPMC”). ZPMC is the world’s top producer of ship-to-shore gantry cranes used at container terminals the world over — nearly 80% of the cranes at U.S. ports are ZPMC cranes, and the company has a higher share in Europe.

The subject of Green’s letter wasn’t a trade dispute of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/is-china-spying-on-american-ports

Global Ports expands VSC’s fleet with three new straddle carriers

Global Ports, one of the major operators of container terminals in Russia and a part of the Delo Group, has acquired three new straddle carriers for its Far Eastern terminal, Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), located in Primorsky Krai.

This move is a part of Global Ports’ initiative to modernise its facilities and enhance the throughput capacity of the Vostochny port.

Manufactured by ZPMC, a leading global manufacturer of port equipment, these straddle carriers have a load capacity of 40...

https://container-news.com/global-ports-expands-vscs-fleet-with-three-new-straddle-carriers/

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