The work of Pasico’s Certification, Inspection and Training Division [CIT] is centred on standards based knowledge. It is vitally important for the team that they keep abreast of changes in international standards in equipment design, particularly as regards to safety as well as industry best practice. To ensure our inspectors...

When was the last time you inspected your forks? How are they being used? According to ISO 5057 standards, the inspection interval should not be more than 12 months and forks with 10% wear on the heel area are unsafe and must be replaced. Moreover, a 10% wear means a...

The spreader is an integral part of your reach stacker, in terms of productivity, efficiency and safety. Therefore it’s essential for you to make sure it gets all the correct and original slewing rings and reducers needed, to help and secure container movements under the boom and on the various...

Paterson Simons has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Takoradi Technical University (TTU) to provide students and staff of TTU’s Mechanical Engineering, Plant, and Production Department direct exposure to industry as well as annual sponsorship for the best graduating students. Pasico Ghana PLC, a subsidiary of Paterson Simons, has a...

  Paterson Simons works with Konecranes TRUCONNECT to provide free of charge support to our customers by providing weekly overview reports to the technical team detailing when their next service is due, CanBus status, and active faults on the machine. Konecranes TRUCONNECT is a suite of Remote Service products ranging...

Longstanding Konecranes Lifttruck customer Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority [GPHA] have added 3 x SMV16-1200C 16 tonne forklifts to their existing fleet of Konecranes reachstackers, empty container handlers and heavy forklifts for use in conventional cargo handling in Tema Port. As with much of the Konecranes fleet the machines are...

Paterson Simons, together with Pintsch Bubenzer, planned and executed informative training sessions for our technicians and engineers in Togo. The aim was to keep Paterson Simons employees up to date and familiar with maintenance instructions and get them certified for the maintenance work and the correct troubleshooting processes for Bubenzer...

Paterson Simons completed a delivery for Konecranes as part of four recent deliveries to large ports in Nigeria. The first delivery was two G HMK 7508’s to a large port in Nigeria. The vessel arrived on the 9th of September, and both cranes were offloaded on the same day. The...

Paterson Simons, together with Alimak Service, planned and executed informative refresher training sessions for our engineers and technicians, who are based in Togo. The aim is to keep Paterson Simons employees up to date with the new maintenance instructions and get them certified for the maintenance work and the correct...

PSAL was honoured with a best aftermarket dealer award from Konecranes Lifttrucks. The Paterson Simons team received the award during a virtual dealer event run by Konecranes between 25th to 27th May. Congratulations to the PSAL team for their great work and continued efforts to support customers during the last...

After a successful test period at the Antwerp Euroterminal in Beveren, a proof-of-concept Terberg hydrogen tractor has arrived at PSA Antwerp for another two weeks of testing in combination with a mobile hydrogen filling station. The tractor will be handling containers at the terminal. The test period in Belgium is part of...

APM Terminals Apapa commissioned 7 new Reach Stackers and 2 Empty Handlers this month as part of an investment program to increase capacity and improve efficiency. The program is expected to reduce vessel waiting times and more effectively handle increased import deliveries. The new equipment, which brings the total container...