German rental firm Schmidbaue has used two Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 all terrain cranes to replace the crane track for a gantry crane at the crane manufacturers own excavator plant in Kirchdorf. The capac[…]
A metal manufacturer in Glossop, Derbyshire, UK, has appeared in court after an employee was injured when he was struck by a container as it swung from an overhead travelling crane, the UK’s Health […]
Container terminal operator, APM Terminals Gothenburg, has placed an order for two ship to shore (STS) cranes and two rail mounted gantry cranes with Liebherr Container Cranes, the company announced r[…]
DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has successfully electrified eight diesel-powered rubber-tyred Gantry cranes (RTG), the marine terminal operator announced recently. The company said the switch fr[…]
Port crane and reach stacker manufacturer Kalmar has received an order for six E-One rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) from Indonesian container terminal operator, PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS),[…]
Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Technology Corporation (MHIMT) to install remote-control operations for the 29 RTGs at Contai[…]
Singapore’s Bosch Rexroth has installed a Konecranes crane through the manufacturer’s Rentall plan. Global engineering company Bosch Rexroth has installed a new Konecranes CXT crane at its Singapo[…]
Mombasa-based Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has ordered 2 hybrid E-One 2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Kalmar, it was announced this week. Set for delivery during 2014 the order is valued aroun[…]
An engineering company has been fined GBP 160,000 (USD 263,127) over the death of an electrician crushed by an overhead crane at its factory in Lancashire, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive ([…]
Ports need to handle ever-growing volumes of container traffic, carried in ever-larger ships. Julian Champkin looks at how terminals are installing equipment to cope. The MSC Gülsün is the world’s[…]
A Stockport worker’s hand was severely injured in the hook on an overhead crane because lifting chains were unavailable, despite being manufactured in the same factory, a court has heard recently. D[…]
Established in 1875, Hakkers Staalbouw B.V is a family-owned business based in Werkendam, in the southwest of the Netherlands. With a workforce of 170, it operates in hydraulic engineering, foundation[…]
