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,...

The new catalogue has made that much easier to find what you need with an updated compatibility matrices and an alphabetic table of every attachment. View the new catalogue here. New attachments to look out for in this edition: The new 2-in-1 Sweeper Collector (Page 103) 2 in 1: sweeper-collector and side-pushing sweeper Ø...

Crane owners, Jon Moore, needed their 400T Kobelco CKE 4000C JF 02 crawler crane dismantled at Sekondi Naval Base and reassembled at Kpone, Tema 250 kms away. The crane was at the time working for Tullow Oil in Sekondi where it was being used to help fabricate jumper spools for the TEN Project. The...

So far, incidence of piracy off of the Nigerian coastline reported for period from January to April 2016 are three times higher than the same period last year, according to Control Risks’ Maritime (CRM) Risk Analysis division. Another worrying piece of data indicates a 21% increase in incidents at sea in...

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After 15 years in development RAM has unveiled its tandem 40 system SingFlex system. Already in operation at DP World London Gateway and Jebel Ali T3, the system now consistently achieves 60 conatiners per hour. Customers in China and Latin America are online to install the system this year. Watch a short video on how the...

In 2015, there was an increase in the amount of unscheduled downtime ports endured because of problems with their fenders, a report has revealed. Trelleborg’s barometer report surveyed port owners, operators, contractors and consultants across the world and found that 60% of them have experienced unscheduled downtime due to fender...

CIT has a long standing agreement in place with CICB of the US and part of this is that we receive certified training and refresher courses in Ghana every 2 years using an American trainer. Jerry Longtin, who has done all previous training, joined us in Takoradi, Ghana for two...

Pasico engineers Godwin Awadzi and Elvis Dongwiri recently travelled to Gabon to assemble and commission three brand-new 999 Manitowoc crawler cranes for Afcons Infrastructure at the ​General Cargo Terminal in the Gabon Special Economic Zone (GSEZ). The 999 model has been designed for the global market and comes with a...