A Danish service provider specialising in minerals extraction and construction materials has purchased two Australian service companies including material handling equipment manufacturer Mayer Bulk. F[…]
Africa’s manufacturing sector may have previously gone through tumultuous times, but with recovering global commodity prices the sector is set to register growth that will fuel increased demand for […]
Liebherr has commissioned its eighth ship-to-shore container crane to be sold to the Exolgan Container Terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of the facility’s continuing expansion. With an ou[…]
Spreader manufacturer Elme Spreader has launched the model 818 Innovation WTP, a New Generation telescopic top lift spreader for handling of laden ISO, WTP (wide twistlock position) and US-domestic co[…]
Faced with larger vessels and greater volumes, container terminals are racing to automate. Julian Champkin reports. Ports everywhere are under strain. The ever-larger container ships being built need […]
UK overhead crane business Street Cranexpress has announced the renewal of three crane service agreements in recent months. First up, it has renewed an agreement with Perkins Engines, a manufacturer o[…]
South Africa’s Natal Cranes, an authorised Condra distributor in KwaZulu-Natal, has won a tender to replace an overhead crane at a food processing millhouse. Crane manufacturer Condra received the o[…]
Both building and decommissioning nuclear plants imposes very special requirements on lifting gear. Julian Champkin finds the regulations as mountainous as the loads to be moved. Not everyone in the h[…]
A new range of fittings for wire rope-based lifting equipment, including shackles, turnbuckles, open spelter sockets and safety bolts has been released. Dutch manufacturer Van Beest has expanded its G[…]
DP World has signed agreements with two port crane manufacturers to purchase 19 ship-to-shore quay cranes and 50 rail-mounted gantry cranes for its Terminal 3 development at Jebel Ali Port, Dubai. Loc[…]
