by admin | Sep 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Cavotec has recently built what is believed to be one of the world’s largest mono-spiral motorized cable reels. With a drum diameter of 9.2m, and weighing in at 10,000kg, it is the largest drum manufactured by Cavotec to date. The unit has even prompted the release of...
by admin | Sep 7, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
This time lapse video shows the retrofit of Liebherr ship cranes on a vessel by the help of two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, type LHM 550....
by admin | Sep 2, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
– Two Manitowoc MLC165 cranes were instrumental in enabling two companies to ship wind turbine towers on a barge across Lake Michigan. – The low groundbearing pressure of the crawler cranes meant the companies could perform dual pick-and-carries on...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Whiting Corp a trusted name in the overhead crane industry for over 100 years has transplanted advanced material handling technology into a 200t crane at the Tulsa port of Catoosa. The port is served by a sophisticated multi-hoist 200t bridge crane, which had to be...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
Siemens has provided PSA Singapore with fully automated gantry cranes to help the busiest transshipment hub in the world handle a growing business with growing container ship sizes. As a nation of just 5.5 million people, Singapore is understandably not a large...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
The JOC.com reports, the South Carolina Ports Authority has ordered 12 rubber-tire gantry cranes for use at Charleston’s Wando Welch terminal, which port officials expect this year to handle its first ship with a capacity of 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units. The...
