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Katoen Natie commissions two all-electric mobile harbour cranes at the Port of Antwerp, with four more to follow
Katoen Natie has put two all-electric mobile harbour cranes into service at the Port of Antwerp, with four more joining them across three deep-sea multipurpose terminals. The completed fleet will comprise four 200-tonne cranes and two 150-tonne machines, with paired lifting capacity reaching 400 tonnes, and Katoen Natie expects the six cranes to displace as much as 500,000 litres of diesel annually. The Konecranes design separates lifting from travel, using external grid electricity for heavy working loads and rechargeable batteries to move between operating positions.
Why it matters
Heavy, mobile machines working in a commercial port are a demanding electrification case, and the split between grid supply for lifting and batteries for travel avoids oversized onboard batteries. For CPOs and suppliers, it points to port and terminal power connections as a growing area of demand beyond road vehicles.