Boom greasing is important to keep your crane in optimal condition, to ensure performance, and maximise your return on investment. Smooth boom operation on a telescopic crane is a fundamental requirement for all lifting duties. To improve safety, longevity, and ease of operation Manitowoc’s maintenance procedures include a detailed schedule...

Our Congratulations to Grove for 75 years of innovation! The crane manufacturer’s history spans generations of technological breakthroughs, which resulted in some of the most iconic cranes of all time. LookingUp.com take a look at three notable innovations from down the years here...

We are proud to have been providing STS and RTG full maintenance including reliability engineering services to Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) for over 7 years and have been on a path of continual improvement with the terminal to help them operate more efficiently and safely as the terminal grows. We are Konecranes port...

The Paterson Simons Togo staff celebrated Labour Day this year with an afternoon lunch and a friendly football match between the Maintenance and Breakdown Teams’. The football match took place at the Centre d’Accès au Droit et à la Justice pour les Enfants (CADJE) The Paterson Simons Togo staff enjoyed...

Increase both safety and visibility while operating your Konecranes Lift Truck by enhancing peripheral and forward vision. As the cabins are prepared for this upgrade, the mounting of this kit is easy and fast! Konecranes Lift Truck Working Lights – Roof Led Bar can be fitted on generation B &...

Kola Dosunmu, Executive Director of Paterson Simons, Nigeria visited our Brighton office alongside some customer visits last week and generously gifted staff with Nigerian Ankara shirts for a Friday traditional dress day. Ankara is a type of cotton cloth featuring brightly coloured patterns produced by means of a wax-resist dye...

Komi has worked at Paterson Simons, Togo for over 7 years. Komi initially worked as a Rubber Tyre Gantry Crane (RTG) and Ship To Shore (STS) Port Crane Technician. Due to Komi’s skill in his work, the variety of the breakdowns that he works on, and his passion for his...

The CARER name, has the following meaning: CAR means Carrellificio  (in English, this means:  fork lift trucks factory) E  means Elettrico  (in English, this means: electric) R means Romagnolo (in English, this means: from Romagna, which is the name of the area where the Carer factory is located!) Carer have 40...

Two Konecranes SMV4632 TC5 Reach stackers were commissioned for customer Matadi Gateway Terminal (MGT), in March 2022. These reach stackers are joining the existing fleet of Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) at MGT. MGT is an International Container Terminal Services, Inc (ICTSI) concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).   Matadi is...

Increase safety while operating your Konecranes empty container handlers by mounting the Over Head Guard – Safety cage to protect the operator from a falling object. How does an overhead guard work? An overhead guard is a cage-like metal construction that is mounted over the operator cabin. It is sturdy...

Have a look at this old British crane with a variable position counterweight on rails, recently spotted by our team at Bibiani in Ghana! We believe this crane will have started life as a hand operated railway crane similar to the one in the image below and as it was...

Konecranes Lifttrucks has made an announcement regarding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and its effect on supplies and pricing of spare parts. Our offer is subject to the same additional conditions: the notice can be read here....