Not every load can be hung from a hook – frequently, some kind of special attachment is needed. Julian Champkin reports. A crane or hoist with a hook on the end seems a clear and simple solution to [...]
Port workers at the UK's Port of Felixstowe set a new record for the speed of loading and unloading a ship, with the port claiming that a container was handled almost every minute. The port set a new [...]
Liftket Hoffmann GmbH, the German supplier of electric chain hoists and control systems, has acquired Action Lift, an exclusive distributor of Liftket and Chainmaster products in France and Spain with[...]
The Middle East is oil-rich but unstable. Julian Champkin finds the market for lifting machinery has been on hold, but is poised to move upwards. The Middle East is a unique market, for lifting gear a[...]
A 37-year old man was crushed to death in a workshop in North Rockhampton, Australia when a steel beam on an overhead crane left its rails and fell. Other employees in the building at the time were le[...]
Handling operations at Belawan International Container Terminal at the port of Belawan, Indonesia have received a boost with the arrival of the remaining five cranes of a 10 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) [...]
Le papier et le carton de l'industrie de fabrication est à la hausse, et les innovations dans la manutention, la logistique et l'entretien sont d'aider le secteur à répondre à la demande. Daniel Searle rapports. À l'ère de l'e-mail, il mig[...]
Two new Panamax class ship-to-shore container quay cranes along with eight rubber-tyred gantry cranes have been commissioned at Malaysia's government-owned Bintulu Port to expand its container handlin[...]
DP World – a global ports and terminals, marine services, logistics and technology company – is to accelerate its adoption of renewable energy at the Port of Santos, Brazil’s multipurpose privat[...]
A combination of Erikkila light crane systems and Kito hoists were installed at an innovative tractor manufacturing facility in Germany. Deutz-Fahr, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment, invested [...]
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