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,...

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...

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...

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...

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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