Konecranes to supply 32 container handling machines to ports in Kuwait
Konecranes will supply 9 reach stackers and 23 empty container handlers to Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA). Nineteen of the machines were ordered in October 2010 and thirteen in June. The machines will be used for container handling in the ports of Shuwaikh and Shuaiba and delivered in sequence starting from January 2011. The last ones will be delivered mid 2011. The parties have agreed not to disclose the value of the order. The Shuwaikh and Shuaiba ports are managed and operated by KPA. Due to expansion in both ports, KPA is replacing old equipment with new. The Shuwaikh port, located