Columbus McKinnon has announced that it is adding new features and design improvements to its Lodestar Electric Chain Hoist for easier maintenance. Amherst, New York-based Columbus McKinnon said the o[...]
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has acquired four new ZPMC ship-to-shore (STS) gantry cranes for the Port of Mombasa The new equipment replaces the old gantry cranes that were decommissioned at berth 16. [...]
Exhibitors at Modex in Atlanta, USA showcased innovations in a range of types of lifting equipment, as well as accessories that keep hoists at the cutting edge. Daniel Searle visited the show. US Pres[...]
Demag Cranes has delivered its first mobile harbour cranes to Papua New Guinea after receiving an order for four Gottwald G HMK 6407 Model 6 cranes from PNG Ports Corporation. Once all four cranes are[...]
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (Leea) has announced that four new members have joined the LEEA Technical Committee. They are Rob Messenger of RUD Chains, Wan Djawad from Durham Lifting, R[...]
Sway control devices are becoming ever more useful, and used. Julian Champkin reports. The principle of anti-sway is, in its basics, simple. A load suspended from a rope will act like a pendulum. If t[...]
Columbus McKinnon will bring new life its original headquarters in Tonawanda, New York, converting its former LodeRail production plant into a training center. The training centre will host both opera[...]
BVS Cranes has appointed EX’M Levage et Manutention Company as its official distributor in France. Önder Bülbüloglu, chairman of BVS Cranes, and Enver Bostan, president of EX’M, said at the sig[...]
Verlinde has installed a gantry crane at a hydraulic engineering company in Algeria, replacing the existing crane that had been operating on the site for 30 years. Hydro-Amenagement is a state-owned A[...]
This is the third year in the row Liebherr has pocketed the award for its flexible designs, Liebherr said. In 2009, Liebherr’s LHM 280 mobile harbour crane won the category. Again in 2010, Liebherr[...]
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