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Petro-Sea Switch to Reliability and Backup of Grove Cranes

Petro-Sea Switch to Reliability and Backup of Grove Cranes

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Alisa Evans
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June 2017
Petro-Sea Logistics, a joint venture between Belgium’s Sea-Invests and Ivory Coast’s Petroci, provides logistics, transport and storage services to the oil industry and operates out of Adidjan, Ivory Coast. After the lack of after market support from a previous brand left them reeling, Petro-Sea decided to approach Paterson Simons, who have...
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Our office staff get a taste for heavy lift machinery

Our office staff get a taste for heavy lift machinery

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Alisa Evans
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June 2017
As a specialist heavy lifting company, it is important that all our staff members have a clear idea of the products we represent, and how they benefit our customers. However, servicing mining, oil, ports and construction customers from Mauritania to Cameroon and Mali to Ghana, means that office-bound staff in the...
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Paterson Simons win sales award at Konecranes conference

Paterson Simons win sales award at Konecranes conference

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Alisa Evans
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May 2017
Paterson Simons recently attended the Konecranes Lift Trucks  (KCLT) Sales Conference in Helsingborg, Sweden. Hosted over three days dealers from across the globe learned of new products and aftermarket developments which you’ll be hearing more about in the near future. During the event a gala dinner at the impressive historical...
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Our engineers achieve highest level of Manitowoc certification

Our engineers achieve highest level of Manitowoc certification

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Alisa Evans
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May 2017
Paterson Simons engineers, Peter Neeveng and Elvis Dongwiri, have achieved their GMK Master Technicians certification – the highest level of training available from Manitowoc, world-leading manufacturer of Grove, Potain and Manitowoc cranes. Peter and Elvis work out of the Pasico Takoradi office – which covers mobile crane service for all of West Africa....
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Gallery: Manitou Delivery Ghana

Gallery: Manitou Delivery Ghana

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Alisa Evans
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April 2017
Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority took delivery of three brand new Manitou electric forklifts this month, bringing to six the total number of ME 430 electric forklifts purchased by the company from Ghana-based Pasico (Paterson Simons’s Ghana subsidiary) in the last 12 months. Manitou has a range of 12 electric forklifts, and has perfected...
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Alimak Hek has a range of products for above- and underground mining.

Alimak Hek has a range of products for above- and underground mining.

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Alisa Evans
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February 2017
Alimak Hek are most often associated with construction and port applications – but many mines, both above- and underground, use Alimak Hek lifts in pelletising plants, smelters, concentrators, and other ore processing plants. The wire hoist lifts are highly suitable for carrying heavy loads at relatively fast speeds and is the primary...
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Konecranes Ergo Cab: Comfort Leads to Efficiency

Konecranes Ergo Cab: Comfort Leads to Efficiency

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Alisa Evans
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February 2017
The new reach stacker, model SMV 4531 TC5, benefits from a unique cab design, making for greater operator comfort leading to more efficient cargo handling. Bertil Jansson, supervisor at Port of Södertälje, Sweden, says, “We discussed in-depth what we wanted and what was important. We realized that the ergonomics of the cabin,...
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Konecranes purchase of Terex’s MHPS final

Konecranes purchase of Terex’s MHPS final

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Alisa Evans
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February 2017
Konecranes, on May 16, 2016, signed an agreement to acquire from Terex Corporation its Material Handling & Port Solutions (MHPS) segment against consideration consisting of cash and shares and to terminate the previously announced business combination agreement. On February 14, 2017 Terex completed the sale of 7.45 million Class A...
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A brief history of the shipping container

A brief history of the shipping container

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Alisa Evans
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January 2017
Container ship revolution by BRIAN J. CUDAHY Browsing through a general-purpose bookshop section on “Transport by Sea” would lead to titles on the stately passenger liners of yesteryear, old-fashioned paddle-wheel steamboats, luxury cruise ships, and warships of every shape and size. Few, if any, volumes would cover the seagoing merchant...
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Paterson Simons delivers in Ghana

Paterson Simons delivers in Ghana

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Alisa Evans
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January 2017
ABL and Manitou ABOVE: (L-R) Kenneth Vigbedor, Pasico (Paterson Simons’s Ghana Subsidiary) Plant Sales Manager and Albert Gymah (Warehouse coordinator, ABL ).  Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) manufacturer’s of the popular Club Beer brand took delivery of two Manitou MI-X40D industrial forklifts. They have been loyal customers for the past 3 years and remain impressed...
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Foam Fenders: Trelleborg calls for sea change in testing.

Foam Fenders: Trelleborg calls for sea change in testing.

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Alisa Evans
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January 2017
For five years Trelleborg Marine Systems has put foam fenders under the spotlight, researching their production and testing. The results of this research have now been issued as a white paper called “Smart Foam Technology”. Foam fenders are currently seen as a commodity product, one that requires little specification and engineering....
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Paterson Simons develops mobile app for crane engineers

Paterson Simons develops mobile app for crane engineers

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Alisa Evans
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December 2016
Paterson Simons, West African heavy lifting equipment dealers, have launched a mobile app to assist their crane engineers to complete service reports in the field. Paterson Simons has a vast territory covering almost the full span of the West African region. The company provides heavy lifting equipment sales and service...