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Konecranes and Calata Bettolo container terminal in Genoa join forces on complete container handling solution
Konecranes and TiL have agreed terms for a container handling solution for TiL’s re-activated Calata Bettolo container terminal in Genoa. It involves a 4-year preventive and corrective maintenance contract for all cranes, lift trucks, tractors and trailers at the terminal up to October 2024. It also involves two Konecranes Gottwald Model 8 Mobile Harbor Cranes. Both cranes have been delivered and handed-over. The terminal also operates two Konecranes SMV 4632 TC5 reach stackers.
This case highlights Konecranes’ ability to provide its customers with complete solutions that are tailored precisely to their needs, whatever their stage of development.
Photo: Port of Genoa The following article is based on an exclusive Seatrade Maritime interview with Paolo Emilio Signorini, president of Ports of Genoa.
The Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed suddenly in August 2018, tragically killing 43 people and disrupting access to/from the port as well as wider road transport links between Italy and France. The bridge was successfully rebuilt and opened again in August 2020, but not before Covid-19 had dealt the region a new blow.
“At the time of the bridge collapse, our traffic had been growing at the rate of 5% during the previous seven months,” recalls Paolo Signorini, president of Ports of Genoa, “but by the end of the year we didn’t register any growth at all.