PEMA is the premier port equipment manufacturing industry body, and represents the interests of the sector world-wide. Paterson Simons, as dealers for a number of world-class brands and PEMA members, such as Konecranes, Manitou, Terberg and Manitowoc felt it essential to join our partners in this essential forum. John Traynor,...

Paterson Simons’s recently completed training and assessment of four Mobicrane operators at the Mobicrane yard in Takoradi, Ghana. Pasico conducted 3-day theory and practical electric forklift training with Alidu Shamo, Charles Amon Kotey, Joseph Baidoo and Juliana Boakye. All candidates passed with above average marks. Significantly, Juliana is Mobicranes’s first...

Paterson Simons a récemment réalisé une formation et évalué quatre opérateurs Mobicrane sur le chantier Mobicrane de Takoradi, au Ghana. Pasico a mené une formation théorique et pratique de 3 jours sur les chariots élévateurs électriques avec Alidu Shamo, Charles Amon Kotey, Joseph Baidoo et Juliana Boakye. Tous les candidats...

The Paterson Simons Lifting Safety conference recently held in Takoradi, Ghana was once again a great success. As the 4th Lifting Safety Conference, the team decided to focus on the technical and safety aspects of working at height. Informative sessions covered themes such as working at height and lifting safety...

JCB recently announced an improved Teletruk Steer Pins recently. PRODUCTS AFFECTED: TLT 25D (2707806), TLT 25G (2707806), TLT 30D High Lift (2737881), TLT 30G (2707806), TLT 35D (2737881), TLT 35D 4×4 (2737881) This service bulletin refers to improvements introduced to the Teletruk axle steer pins. New pins with scrolling have...

Paterson Simons engineer Paul Zambury recently travelled to Guinea to commission a new RT540 E machine at the Norgold LEFA mine. Since purchasing the mine in 2010 Nordgold has invested close to US$80 million in the mine and associated infrastructure, making it one of the country’s largest gold producers. Paul...

Some of our team attended the Manitou MEA Dealer Conference this year, and we were thrilled to be awarded Sales team of the year 2018 in the Small Business Category. We also came third in the Master Sailing Cup competition for after-market sales in West Africa. Paterson Simons and Pasico were...

During a recent review of our long-running Port Service Agreement with Konecranes Port Services in Düsseldorf, the Paterson Simons team took time out to look at the latest crane simulation technology deployed in the Konecranes Gottwald training centre. The multi-screen simulator uses multiple screens to accurately recreate the 180 degree...

Belmet 7 – supplier to the oil industry – based in Takoradi, Ghana recently required their Manitowoc 16000 crawler crane to be disassembled, stripped down, serviced and reassembled. Having dominated the Takoradi skyline for 4 years the customer instructed us to dismantle the crane in order to conduct preventative works...

A recent article in World Cargo news covered Kenya’s new double-stacking railway carriages, designed to double the efficiency of moving empty containers from Nairobi’s Inland Container Depot (ICD) back to Mombasa port. One of the key challenges that the new infrastructure project hopes to manage is the universal logistics challenge...

Determining the overall boom and jib length combination is now as simple as opening up Manitowoc’s recently launched smartphone app for iOS and Android. The Manitowoc Boom Length Selector App allows you to select specific boom and jib length combinations, building heights, boom radii and other crane parameters using an...

The Lomé Container Terminal recently renewed their service contract with Paterson Simons & Co. Togo SARLU (PSTL), and our 36-strong team in the terminal is occupied full-time looking after 22 Konecranes RTGs, entire fleet of STS cranes and RAM spreaders. The terminal also runs a fleet of mobile equipment and PSTL...