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Heavy Lifting Extreme Edition: Niger

Heavy Lifting Extreme Edition: Niger

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Alisa Evans
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June 2018
Seldom happy to contain ourselves to the beaten track, Pasico engineer Elvis Dongwiri was recently called to a disused mine site in a very remote region of Niger to repair a RT 890E. Conditions are robust, and the crane has performed well under the circumstances, but needed some attention prior...
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Happy 70th Birthday Paterson Simons

Happy 70th Birthday Paterson Simons

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Alisa Evans
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June 2018
While the history of Paterson Simons dates back to the 1800s, where the company grew to become a behemoth of the Singaporean trade routes, leveraging off of critical relationships it had established with Malaysian royal family, the company we know today as Paterson Simons (Africa) Ltd. is relatively speaking younger,...
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LCT signs extended service contract

LCT signs extended service contract

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By
Alisa Evans
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May 2018
The Lomé Container Terminal (LCT), in Lomé, Togo, has renewed its service contract with Paterson Simons for a further two years. Paterson Simons currently services 22 Konecranes rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs), 9 ship-to-shore cranes plus nine Alimak Hek lifts and 50 spreaders. With a dedicated workshop, and a permanent staff complement of 27, the undertaking to keep...
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Crane Models Now Available

Crane Models Now Available

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Alisa Evans
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May 2018
We often receive requests for models: model cranes, model reachstackers, model forklifts and a variety of other brands. While we try and be as generous as possible, especially when a new machine has been sold, in practice it is not that simple. The models are usually made by third party model...
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Pasico’s new WhatsApp Line

Pasico’s new WhatsApp Line

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By
Alisa Evans
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April 2018
Pasico Takoradi who provide mobile crane support across West Africa are currently trialling a dedicated WhatsApp line for new and existing customers to make swift contact with our service team for Manitowoc, Grove and Manitou products. WhatsApp US ON +233 (0) 544 913 985 The company recognises that the way...
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Takoradi Office Has Moved

Takoradi Office Has Moved

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Alisa Evans
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March 2018
Pasico, the Paterson Simons Ghana subsidiary, has moved the Takoradi Office, central operations for Western Region engineering sales and service. Please find us at: Longshore Close, GPS Code: WS-349-8173 We now also have an improved training room complete with a balcony and plenty of space. Our other contact details remain the same:...
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Operator Assistance: Revolutionising Ports & Mining

Operator Assistance: Revolutionising Ports & Mining

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By
Alisa Evans
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March 2018
At Paterson Simons we make it our business to monitor developments in emergent technologies in the industries we support. Automation is a hot topic and one that some customers can find intimidating. We thought that we would share our interest via the two case studies below. In the two examples...
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Photo essay: Reachstacker Refurb: MPS

Photo essay: Reachstacker Refurb: MPS

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By
Alisa Evans
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March 2018
We are pleased to share the work that Noel Gottsch, Alban Venyellu and Godwin Mensah completed last month refurbishing a Konecranes Reachstacker at the MPS terminal in Tema, Ghana. First the spreader assembly was removed, along with the boom assembly. The team then removed the lifting cylinders, the fuel tank, hydraulic tank,...
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The high benchmark of Product Verification at Manitowoc, Shady Grove

The high benchmark of Product Verification at Manitowoc, Shady Grove

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By
Alisa Evans
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March 2018
The Manitowoc factory in Shady Grove, Philadelphia, USA produces Rough Terrain Crane, Industrial Crane and Lattice Boom Crawler Crane lines for Manitowoc/Grove. During a recent visit to the Shady Grove facility Paterson Simons staff spent some time with the Product Verification Team, here a few highlights of thier ground-breaking work. The Product...
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How will Big Data affect the Marine Industry?

How will Big Data affect the Marine Industry?

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By
Alisa Evans
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February 2018
As automation and data become buzzwords across the logistics industry, Trelleborg recently commissioned an independent study on the into the use of Big Data to understand the opportunities it can offer, and importantly, how well the industry is taking advantage of them. The research covers the following main points: –...
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Meet the (new) Team

Meet the (new) Team

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By
Alisa Evans
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December 2017
We are thrilled to announce that Holly Martin was recently promoted to manage our Parts Team at the Paterson Simons head office in Brighton. Holly has worked in administration and parts for Paterson Simons for the last 5 years, and has developed extensive knowledge of not only our manufacturer’s parts...
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Lifting Safety Conference: Report

Lifting Safety Conference: Report

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By
Alisa Evans
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December 2017
Paterson Simons recently concluded another Lifting Safety Conference in Takoradi, Ghana. Previous conferences were held in 2010, and 2012, however 2017’s has been declared the most successful to date with a record turn-out this year of over 60 attendees. We were thrilled that customers and other interested parties from across...