Electrification, automation drive port and ship projects
Last week we announced a series of projects with ports and shipping lines involving our innovative electrical supply and automated mooring systems.
Topics: Sustainability/CSR
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Cavotec secures Sandvik order in Brazil
Cavotec has won a milestone order from mining equipment supplier Sandvik for four large level winder reels for an application in Brazil.
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MoorMaster™ supports Brisbane Airport expansion
How our innovative MoorMaster™ automated mooring technology is supporting an airports rather than a ports application in Australia.
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Joint mooring, shore power system wins innovation award
We're delighted to report that our combined automated mooring and shore power system has won the inaugural Innovation of the Year Award at the Electric & Hybrid World Expo 2014.
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World’s first combined automated mooring and shore power project on course
The world’s first battery-powered ferry was delivered recently, heralding a new era in environmentally responsible shipping. The vessel, which will serve a high-frequency route in Norway, will use our very first combined automated mooring and shore power system.
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Leading the charge for electric vehicles
As car manufacturers race to meet growing demand for electric vehicles (EV), we’re applying our cable management expertise to help the industry develop innovative technologies that keep EVs charged and on the road.
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Cavotec in 2013 – another defining year for inspired engineering
Our largest MoorMaster™ project to date, our combined AMP and MoorMaster™ system designed – the first of its kind anywhere in the world – and our move up to Mid Cap on the Stockholm OMX: here’s our pick of the milestones that made 2013 another defining year for Cavotec.
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Cavotec showcases shore power at TOC Middle East
We were exhibiting at TOC Middle East this week, one of the port sector’s largest events attracting port authorities, shipping lines, and port equipment manufacturers. The exhibition was well-attended, with automation and electrification topping the agenda.
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Cavotec awarded shore power equipment orders worth EUR 12 million
Cavotec has won several significant orders for its shore power systems for customers in the Far East and Europe, highlighting how the Group's innovative technologies are enabling ports and shipping lines to operate cleanly and efficiently worldwide. The total value of these orders amounts to EUR 12 million.
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Automated mooring combines with shore power: a world first
As we announced back in the summer, our automated mooring technology, MoorMaster™, will be integrated with another of our innovations – Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) – to create a single system that will first moor and then connect a passenger ferry to electrical power to charge its batteries.
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PortTechEXPO lights the way for port innovation
We showcased our AMP technologies at last week’s PortTechEXPO in Los Angeles, an event we also sponsored. It was organised by non-profit business incubator Port Tech LA. This year’s event, the fourth of its kind, featured some 100 clean technologies, with more than 300 civic and local and global business leaders in attendance. Read more here.
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Cavotec wins breakthrough MoorMaster™ automated mooring project in Norway
Just two days after news of our combined automated mooring and shore power project, another major automated mooring project: a significant order for MoorMaster™ automated mooring at a new bulk handling application in Norway, the largest single MoorMaster™ order in Europe to date.
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Cavotec to supply the world’s first combined automated mooring and shore power system
Port systems innovator Cavotec has won a unique order to manufacture fully integrated MoorMaster™ automated mooring and Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) electrical supply systems for two Norled frequent-use ferry berths in western Norway, servicing the world’s first fully battery powered ferries.
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Cavotec demonstrates benefits of shore power at Swedish port of Ystad
Last week, Cavotec co-hosted a series of seminars at the Swedish Port of Ystad during which one of the Group's shore-to-ship power systems experts delivered a presentation on the environmental and economic benefits of shore power.
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Cavotec hosts seminar at the IAPH World Ports Conference on steps towards zero emission-operations
Cavotec is to host a seminar at the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) 28th World Ports Conference on how innovative technologies are helping ports take steps towards zero emission-operations.
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Salalah port sows seeds of a greener future
To mark the recent Oman Environment Day, our friends at the Port of Salalah transformed fifty oil drums into pots for native trees, a project that shows how ports can do their bit to support sustainability and biodiversity.
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Cavotec wins shore power equipment orders at Port of Los Angeles
News of our latest project for our innovative Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) shore-to-ship electrical power systems, this time at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA).
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Official opening of Cavotec shore power systems at Port of Ystad - world’s largest high voltage shore connection
Swedish Environment Minister Lena Ek recently opened an innovative Cavotec Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) shore-to-ship electrical application at the Port of Ystad in southern Sweden - the largest high voltage shore connection in the world.
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Invigning av Cavotec landströmprojekt i Ystads hamn - den största högspänningsanläggningen för landanslutning i världen
Cavotec har sett sitt innovativa landströmsprojekt i Ystads hamn - den största högspänningsanläggningen för landanslutning i världen - nyligen invigt av Svenska miljöminister Lena Ek. Ystad är den senaste av ett växande antal svenska hamnar som antagit Cavotecs system för landström, en teknik som gör det möjligt för rederier och hamnar att avsevärt förbättra sin miljöprestanda.
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Cavotec radio remote controls embark on Antarctic mission
Our radio remote controls (RRC) are used in some of the harshest environments in the world. Now, one of our RRC units is headed to the Antartic, where it will be used with to operate a specialised crane that launches and recovers a survey vessel.
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