Konecranes Ergo Cab: Comfort Leads to Efficiency
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,...
Enhancing crane service through training at Douala International Terminal.
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...
MPS TERMINAL, GHANA: RTGs – Its All About Excellent Support.
“For us, the only way for the yard to increase its capacity was to convert the operation from reach stackers to RTGs. The conversion to Konecranes RTGs gave us an additional 25 percent throughput capacity by increasing the number of slots”, says MPS CEO Mohamed Samara. Meridian Port Services Ltd. (MPS),...
African Ports Rising: In-depth Report including Infographics and Downloads.
Huge sums of money are being ploughed into West Africa’s ports, and not before time, but will a regional hub on this part of the continent emerge? The past five years have seen many ports along the West Africa coast transformed, as private investment has led to the development of...
LCT, Togo: RTGs that Go Above and Beyond
First Published in Konecranes WayUp Magazine The TIL Group’s brand new container terminal on the West African coast is open for business, and looks set to become the region’s premier container transshipment terminal. At sunrise Togo’s Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) is a delightful 19 degrees Celsius. The morning breeze does...
Douala Cameroon: Rubber Tired Gantry Crane Assembly.
In September, 2014 the company completed another RTG fleet assembly this time in Cameroon at Douala International Terminal (DIT) which is run jointly by Bolloré Africa Logistics and APM Terminals. The action included Grove GMKs assisting with RTG assembly. Gys Ehlers was the senior engineer on site. ABOVE: Lifting the cab and spreader...
APMT, Nigeria: Rubber Tired Gantry Cranes, Apapa.
Tricky gantry crane offload at APMT Apapa. Paterson Simons’s chief crane engineer Gys Ehlers and his team of crane assmebly specialists commissioned 10 Konecranes RTGs at APMT in Apapa, Nigeria over October and November 2013. This is the first time APMT has ordered Konecranes RTGs for the region. The first five...
MPS/BOLLORÉ, Ghana: A fun day as we say “Thank you”.
Led by senior engineer Mr. Gys Ehlers, our staff of crane engineers and technicians took their leave from the dedicated site provided by Meridian Port Services, Tema which has been their home for the last 5 months as they assembled 5 of the 9 Konecrane RTGs delivered in March 2013....
MPS, Ghana: RTGs Delivered and Assembled
Konecranes recently delivered nine Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes to Meridian Port Services who operate a terminal within the Port of Tema in Ghana. Four of the cranes arrived fully assembled, and Paterson Simons is currently assembling the remaining five in partnership with a team of international engineers. The project...