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Reel power: Cavotec motorised cable reels on the ZPMC cranes at PTP in Malaysia.

Cavotec reels power record-breaking STS cranes

Cavotec engineers have once again manufactured cable reels that set new standards in operational performance with reels that provide electrical power for ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes that boast the highest lifting distance of any STS cranes anywhere in the world today.

Season's Greetings from Cavotec

Season's Greetings from Cavotec

We'd like to thank all our followers, customers, partners, and suppliers for 2017, and wish you all the best for 2018.

Bridging brilliance: our industrial radio remote controls help move some the world's most outsized loads.

How Cavotec helps transport the world's heaviest objects

We’re proud to support heavy-duty haulage specialist Goldhofer to move some of the world’s heaviest objects. Over the past 10 years, Cavotec Radio Remote Control (RRC) solutions have helped transport NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour, shift a vast bridge section on the French island of La Reunion, and carry segments of oil rigs, building structures, and large tanks and reservoirs.

Under control: an operator controls STS cranes from a safe distance at the Port of Yanhshan, China.

Cavotec RRCs deliver safety, efficiency gains for ZPMC

When ZPMC – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy duty equipment and STS cranes – needed to ensure safe, reliable, and cost efficient maintenance of STS cranes at automated container terminals in China and Morocco, they selected our advanced Radio Remote Control (RRC) units to do the job.

Cruising towards clear skies: the Cavotec AMPMobile unit at Montreal's cruise terminal

Canadian ports cut emissions with Cavotec shore power technologies

Cavotec shore power systems are helping ports in Canada make substantial reductions in cruise and container ship emissions, with the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) recently reporting that its shore power initiatives are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by some 2,800 tonnes a year.

MoorMaster units - the world's first EX-certified automated mooring technology - hold the UTS in place.

EX-certified automated mooring enables "new era" in LNG distribution

EX-certified MoorMaster™ automated mooring units have played a key role in enabling the first ever transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a ship to a floating LNG platform, a breakthrough that customer ConnectLNG describes as a “new era” in LNG distribution.

Cavotec streamlines manufacturing of electrical connectors

Cavotec streamlines manufacturing of electrical connectors

Following the conclusion of consultation discussions with union representatives, which were made public on August 21, 2017, global engineering group Cavotec is announcing today the transfer of manufacturing of electrical connectors from its plant in Sweden to its facility in Italy as part of an ongoing rationalisation programme.

All set: a shore power dispenser unit charging the Vision of the Fjords at the Flåm berth in Norway.

Shore power, charging infrastructure could cut CO2 emissions in Norway by 12.5 million tonnes

Shore power and charging infrastructure could reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 12.5 million tonnes at ports in Norway every year – this is one of the main conclusions of a report compiled by a pool of experts from ABB, DNV GL, the Port of Oslo, and Cavotec, working under the auspices of ReCharge, an initiative that seeks to pave the way for zero emission ports in the Scandinavian country.

Cavotec considers streamlining manufacturing of electrical connectors

Cavotec considers streamlining manufacturing of electrical connectors

Global engineering group Cavotec has today initiated consultation discussions with union representatives regarding a possible transfer of manufacturing of electrical connectors from its plant in Sweden to its facility in Italy as part of an ongoing rationalisation programme.

Ready to engage: the Cavotec team at TOC Europe.

Cavotec's team ready to welcome you to stand E52 at TOC Europe

​We’re looking forward to welcoming partners, customers and friends to our stand E52 at TOC Europe, where we’ll be showcasing our innovative crane electrification, automated mooring, shore power, and connection and charging systems.

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