Reid Lifting has delivered 75 lightweight gantry cranes to Speedy Hire. The order for the gantries is predominantly for models with 2,000kg working load limits. The total order included 40 Tall Porta-[…]
Electrification and digital automation are going hand-in-hand. Julian champkin reports on ports’ progress. Ports have traditionally been slow to automate, slow to digitize; as a global industry they[…]
Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products has launched its new Pfaff-silberblau Theta series safety electric wire rope winch. The winch is designed to offer reliable safety, says the manufacturer, through[…]
The large ‘party tents’ that span Munich’s Oktoberfest are one of the icons of the festival, with enough room altogether for well over 100,000 revellers. Pletschacher, the Dasing-based company t[…]
TOC Europe 2022 is opening its doors from June 14-16, in Rotterdam. Here to celebrate, Hoist takes a look at some of the global port and cargo supply chain professionals who will be exhibiting, taking[…]
Turkish crane manufacturer BVS has designed and produced a number of cranes for use in the construction of the third metro line in Cairo, Egypt. The Greater Cairo Urban Development Project, which bega[…]
Kito Europe’s lightest electric chain hoist is being used by a steel processor in Germany. The steel processor required equipment to lift metal plates in a grinding machine, each weighing between 30[…]
JASO Industrial Cranes takes part in an ambitious project to double the size of Siemens Gamesa’s factory thanks to the rapid development of the offshore wind industry JASO Industrial Cranes has part[…]
German company Liftket has launched its new Star VFD range of electric chain hoists, featuring load-dependent, infinitely-variable speed control. The hoists can operate from 2–36m/minute, and up t[…]
A sailing club in Wales has installed a 3t-capacity Tall Porta-Gantry crane from Reid Lifting to lift boats and other items during repair and maintenance. Newport Uskmouth Sailing Club (NUSC), based a[…]