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  • “Going to work every day in the knowledge that we’re actively contributing to a better, more sustainable world feels great,” Mikael Norin, Cavotec CEO.

    Cavotec powers transport with profitable sustainability

    ​Sustainable profitability or profitable sustainability? With its innovative automation and electrification solutions, engineering group Cavotec is achieving both, and in the process is enabling a sustainable future that makes financial sense. Cavotec has laid the foundations for the future, now it’s time for growth.

  • Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach tackle CO2 emissions head on

    Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach tackle CO2 emissions head on

    The Port of Los Angeles has developed a Carbon Calculator for ports to estimate greenhouse gas levels from their operations and explore reduction strategies. The neighbouring Port of Long Beach, meanwhile, has unveiled its latest shore power installation in its continued bid to reduce port-wide emissions.

  • Exciting new prize for outstanding advances in engineering

    Exciting new prize for outstanding advances in engineering

    The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a pioneering new award designed to recognise and encourage innovation in engineering. The £1 million prize, officially launched this month, is international and aims to show how engineering can make a difference to the world.

  • Celebrating engineering excellence: MoorMaster™ wins two more awards

    Celebrating engineering excellence: MoorMaster™ wins two more awards

    Cavotec’s innovative automated mooring solution MoorMaster™ was a key component in two significant awards this month. A 2011 Western Australia Engineering Excellence Award and Australia Bulk Handling Award 2011 for Best Practice in Occupational Health & Safety both went to Cavotec partners that rely on MoorMaster™ for the safe mooring of vessels.

  • High costs ground aviation biofuel

    High costs ground aviation biofuel

    Environmentally-friendly biofuels have been hitting both the headlines and the skies this week when a United Airlines aircraft successfully completed a commercial flight powered by biofuel. Several other leading airlines have also experimented with biofuels as a way of reducing emissions and combatting rising oil prices.

  • Shipping emissions to be included in UK carbon budgets?

    Shipping emissions to be included in UK carbon budgets?

    The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published a review this week recommending that the UK’s share of international shipping emissions should be included in climate targets and carbon budgets.

  • Cavotec Australia gears up for AIMEX 2011

    Cavotec Australia gears up for AIMEX 2011

    Cavotec Australia will be exhibiting at Asia-Pacific’s International Mining Exhibition (AIMEX), which runs from 6-9 September 2011 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia. You can visit us at Stand: 2820.
    As specialists in electrical power feed systems, Cavotec Australia works directly with mining, port and harbour operations, as well as electrical and mechanical businesses na

  • Cavotec starts shooting new company film

    Cavotec starts shooting new company film

    We currently have a small, dedicated film crew making a lightening tour of Europe, Australia and the US to shoot material for our new company film. The stars of this film are our ground support equipment at airports and our automated mooring and shore power systems at ports. Keep track of our progress as we Cavotec our way around the world in 11 and a half days.

  • Cavotec RRCs See Role on Small Screen

    We have written about our Radio Remote Controls (RRC) before. With such a wide range of applications, we have something new to share quite often. We have seen our RRCs control oil skimmers, an unmanned vessel, Goldhofer vehicles and heavy machinery used to clear munitions from a NATO test range in Norway.