Maintenance is an essential for safe operation of hoists. Julian Champkin looks at requirements and methods. Hoists need maintenance. Quite apart from the disruption to productivity that occurs if a h[...]
A new order for container handling equipment to state-owned terminal operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III has been signed. Konecranes has won the record order comprising 10 ship to shore cranes, 20 aut[...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has announced that it has secured a further order from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry in China for its variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes. The 32 electric cranes[...]
The Central-Eastern European markets remain solid despite industrial slowdown. Jaroslaw Adamowski reports from Warsaw. The economies of the EU’s eastern member states are experiencing rapid growth, [...]
The Regional Port of Buenaventura SA, which constitute the largest cranes on the South American Pacific coast, has received two new Super Post Panamax gantry cranes, local news reports revealed recent[...]
Finnish company Konecranes has received a major order for a Goliath gantry crane from Brazilian shipyard Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu (EEP). The high-tech Goliath crane, which will be one of the la[...]
A manufacturer of equipment for refineries and power stations required an upgrade to its steel-handling cranes in Germany. Stahlbau Schauenberg, a Kirchzarten, Germany-based manufacturer of industrial[...]
The final construction works for Kilindini berth Number 19 in Kenya are currently underway, local press announced recently. Plans are also in progress to acquire three more ship to shore (STS) gantry [...]
Prolift Solutions has introduced a new range of slewing jib cranes suitable for shipping containers. The new Prolift slewing jib crane helps extend the use of a shipping container while creating a saf[...]
Having been in the crane business for a century, Kuli Hebezeuge - Helmut Kempkes sets out how it is evolving for the future. Oliver Riese is export manager, at Kuli Hebezeuge - Helmut Kempkes GmbH, a [...]
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