
Gottwald Port Technology, based in Düsseldorf, Germany, is a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG. Founded more than 100 years ago, the company manufactures state-of-the-art equipment for efficient cargo handling in ports and terminals under the “Gottwald” brand name. Based on electrical drive concepts, and supplied to more than 90 countries worldwide, Gottwald products meet the steadily growing requirements of economical and environmentally compatible port and terminal operations.
The company is a global market leader in the field of mobile harbour cranes (MHCs), where it manufactures cranes with lifting capacities of up to 200 tonnes and radii of up to 56 metres for all kinds of applications and all sizes of ships in all types of terminals. Gottwald MHC technology, proven more than 1,000 times worldwide, also extends to rail-mounted portal cranes and floating cranes.
In the automation of port logistics, Gottwald Port Technology provides fully and semi-automated transport and stacking crane systems for container handling in maritime and river ports and in intermodal terminals. As a supplier of integrated systems and supplier of turnkey solutions, Gottwald also develops its own software and plans or optimises individual terminals and entire ports.