Cargotec’s daughter brands Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor are recognized leaders in cargo and load handling solutions around the world. Cargotec’s global network is positioned close to customers and offers extensive services that ensure the continuous, reliable and sustainable performance of equipment.

Cargotec’s technology leadership is based on close co-operation with the customers. Our R&D is the forerunner of innovative solutions that take environmental considerations into account. We care for the safety of the environment as well as the people using our products.

The Port of Barcelona is the main transport and services infrastructure located in Catalonia (Spain), but its area of influence stretches through the Iberian Peninsula, the south and centre of Europe and North Africa. It is the leading hub port in the Mediterranean (with regular services with the main ports in the region) and a logistics gateway that links markets as distant as the Far East and Latin America. Its more than 100 shipping lines, operated by 163 ship owners, regularly connecting Barcelona with 850 ports in the five continents, set it apart as the top Spanish port for international traffics.

The Port is an infrastructure essential to the Catalan economy and indeed to Spain as a whole: it represents 71% of Catalonia’s foreign maritime trade and 21% of the total for Spain. The Port’s evolution in the cruise sector has been outstanding: it receives more than 2,6 million passengers per year. Barcelona has become the top cruiser port in Europe and it ranks fourth worldwide.

SOLVERMINDS (SVM), a recognized specialist software solution company for the liner container shipping industry, has been at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative solutions to help container shipping lines optimize assets utilization and reducing operating cost.

Our flagship product SVM LRP/ARP © Liner & Agency resources planning system, a powerful enterprise resources planning solution is designed for liner container shipping and agency, offering comprehensive solution that enables shipping lines to plan, optimize, monitor and control their global business on a single platform delivering real-time information to allow their management executives in making better informed decisions.

We are proud to sponsor “Lifetime Achievement Award” – to commend the excellence of an individual’s lifetime work and contribution to the maritime transport industry.

In 1999, the Egyptian Government tendered a concession for a container terminal in the new Port Said East Port. The concession agreement was signed with Suez Canal Container Terminal and in 2004 SCCT commenced terminal operations as the pioneer project in Port Said East Port. SCCT is an international partnership consisting of Egyptian and foreign investors, APM Terminals is the biggest shareholder in the partnership (holding 55%). 20% of the shares are owned by Cosco Pacific, 10.3% by the Suez Canal Authority, 5% by the National Bank of Egypt and 9.7% by the Egyptian Private Sector.