Spreader manufacturer Elme Spreader has launched the model 818 Innovation WTP, a New Generation telescopic top lift spreader for handling of laden ISO, WTP (wide twistlock position) and US-domestic co[...]
Faced with larger vessels and greater volumes, container terminals are racing to automate. Julian Champkin reports. Ports everywhere are under strain. The ever-larger container ships being built need [...]
UK overhead crane business Street Cranexpress has announced the renewal of three crane service agreements in recent months. First up, it has renewed an agreement with Perkins Engines, a manufacturer o[...]
South Africa’s Natal Cranes, an authorised Condra distributor in KwaZulu-Natal, has won a tender to replace an overhead crane at a food processing millhouse. Crane manufacturer Condra received the o[...]
Both building and decommissioning nuclear plants imposes very special requirements on lifting gear. Julian Champkin finds the regulations as mountainous as the loads to be moved. Not everyone in the h[...]
A new range of fittings for wire rope-based lifting equipment, including shackles, turnbuckles, open spelter sockets and safety bolts has been released. Dutch manufacturer Van Beest has expanded its G[...]
DP World has signed agreements with two port crane manufacturers to purchase 19 ship-to-shore quay cranes and 50 rail-mounted gantry cranes for its Terminal 3 development at Jebel Ali Port, Dubai. Loc[...]
The chain hoist has been around for many years. Julian Champkin finds modern additions to a design that works. The manually operated chain hoist is ubiquitous in factories and small workshops everywhe[...]
DP World has ordered 14 Kalmar automatic stacking cranes and 14 Kalmar one-over-one shuttle carriers for the Port of Brisbane in Australia. Cargotec aims to fulfill the order with deliveries in 2013 a[...]
A 110.5M berth extension plan for Visakhapatnam Port Trust’s Visakha Container Terminal is expected to include buying two Super Post-Panamax quay cranes and four RTGs from Konecranes. According to T[...]
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