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....

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...

Five reachstackers at the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority terminals, three at GPHA and two at the Amaris Terminal, have been successfully retro-fitted with Konecranes’s Static Weighing System. This means customers of the port are now able to receive a VGM service. On 1 July 2016 the new IMO SOLAS...

A stunningly ambitious project was announced on Friday: Nigeria and Morocco are starting negotiations to extend a west African gas pipeline which aims to cover the length between the countries and on into Europe. In a video posted on Twitter, Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said that the pipeline would...

In 2013 Paterson Simons supplied and commissioned a fleet of 22 Konecranes RTGs, 11 Konecranes lift trucks and 64 Terberg yard tractors to the Lomé Container Terminal (LCT). At the same time a comprehensive service and maintenance contract for the supplied fleet as well as the terminal’s 12 Post Panamax...

Since 2001 long-time Paterson Simons customer, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), has had unwavering faith in the JCB Teletruk. This month, on the occasion of GPHA purchasing their 100th Teletruk, JCB’s export development manager Simon Cubitt made a special presentation to the port Director General Richard A.Y.Anamoo; a framed...

Download the Looking UP magazine here. Inside you’ll find a wide array of stories from around the world that showcase the range of Manitowoc brands: Manitowoc, Grove, Potain and National Crane. A look at how new cranes, such as the Manitowoc MLC650 and the Grove GHC range, are dramatically changing the...

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A recent development in Paterson Simons’s expanding footprint in West Africa was the stationing of senior engineer, Noel Gottsch in Douala, Cameroon to better support the company’s client base there and in particular Douala International Terminal (DIT). The terminal has a fleet of more than 21 Konecranes Lifttrucks and four...

The recent collapse of Hanjin Shipping, the world’s seventh-largest container shipper, has caused upheaval in the shipping industry; as freight rates jump and manufacturers scramble for alternatives. A South Korean court has recently begun proceedings to stabilise the carrier – which would allow Hanjin to take legal action in other countries to keep...

In a touching, yet festive event RAM spreaders says, “Farewell” to their iconic founder. Complete with a James-bond themed arrival of the guest of honour, the event at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg saw guests from near and far pay tribute to a true spreader pioneer. Robert joined the family...

The Ghana Ports Authority, a long-time customer of Pasico, the Paterson Simons subsidiary in Ghana, has celebrated its 30th anniversary with, amongst other events, a Presidential visit to Tema port by His Excellency Mr. John Dramani Mahama. On the occasion the President ceremonially commissioned the net mending wharf, water crafts, the bulk handling jetty,...