Paterson Simons, through Pasico Ghana, teamed up with the Civil Engineering Department of Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority (GPHA) recently to complete an installation of two Trelleborg SCN1800 fenders, at GPHA. Trelleborg’s Super Cone Fenders (SCN) are the latest generation of ‘cell’ fenders, with optimal performance and efficiency. The conical …
PATERSON SIMONS TEAM SUCCESSFULLY COMMISSION & OFFLOAD TWO KONECRANES 16W RTGS AT WEST AFRICA CONTAINER TERMINAL IN ONNE, NIGERIA
The Paterson Simons team have successfully commissioned and offloaded two Konecranes 16W Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) at West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) in Onne, Nigeria. This adds to the existing fleet of 18 RTGS at WACT. The terminal now has 20 Konecranes RTGs. 16 of these cranes were solely …
KONECRANES ROPEQ MAGNETIC ROPE INSPECTION IMPROVES SAFETY, PRODUCING CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE RESULTS
RopeQ™ Magnetic Rope Inspection from Konecranes improves safety, producing consistent and reliable results. Wire ropes are one of the most critical parts of RTGs, and they can contain hundreds of individual strands. Broken strands on the rope exterior can be found by visual inspections, but the condition of the core …
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE ‘SMV’ IN KONECRANES LIFT TRUCK’S MODEL SMV4632TC5 MEANS SILVERDALENS MEKANISKA VERKSTAD?
Silverdalens Mekaniska Verkstad (SMV), in English translates to ‘Silverdale Mechanical Workshop’. SMV was founded in 1947. A change in the management team in 1994 led to the establishment of a new factory in Markaryd, Southern Sweden. A full new range of reach stackers, empty container handlers, and heavy forklifts was …
WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING STS AND RTG FULL MAINTENANCE TO LCT FOR OVER 7 YEARS
We are proud to have been providing STS and RTG full maintenance including reliability engineering services to Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) for over 7 years and have been on a path of continual improvement with the terminal to help them operate more efficiently and safely as the terminal grows. We are Konecranes port …
EMPTY CONTAINERS READY FOR FILLING AT BOLLORE TERMINAL, BENIN
The Bolloré terminal in Benin currently operates two Konecranes Liftace E 6/7 ECC9 empty container handlers, delivered in 2021. Since 1927, Bolloré has been serving African trade and logistics. Today, they maintain a multimodal network of container terminals, dry ports and railways in 46 African countries as well as several …
TWO 5 TON MI-X50D MANITOU FORKLIFTS JOIN FLEET OF EQUIPMENT AT GHANA PORTS AND HARBOURS AUTHORITY
Two 5 ton Manitou MI-X50D Forklifts were commissioned and handed over to GPHA by Paterson Simons on 16 January 2022. Kenneth Vigbedor, from Pasico Ghana, one of our subsidiaries, handed over the equipment. The two 5 ton MI-X50D Manitou Forklifts supplied are all container versions, which have a low cabin and closed …
KONECRANES FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM KIT
Wherever diesel powered machines run in a high productivity environment fire is unfortunately a significant risk. The most common cause of fire we see is usually as a result of the use of non-genuine hydraulic hoses which have failed through poorly crimped connections – those that run close to the …
GHANA PORTS & HARBOURS AUTHORITY: GATEWAY TO AFRICA
Between the pandemic and global supply chain issues, Ghana’s ports are showing the way towards a bright future for the country and continent. The last few years have been a difficult period for the whole world and Ghana’s Ports and Harbours has been no exception, however, the Ghana Ports & …
THE BENEFITS OF USING THE COIL RAM ATTACHMENT ON A KONECRANES FORKLIFT
The coil ram attachment for a Konecranes forklift is a solid bar mounted at the front of the forklift. This can be used to easily lift and carry many types of coiled material. The coil ram attachment has rounded edges, which reduces the chance of damage to the inner coils. Using the coil …
SIX KONECRANES 16W RTGS JOIN FLEET AT APMT APAPA!
Six Konecranes 16W Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) Cranes were commissioned and handed over to APMT Apapa in September 2021 by the Paterson Simons team. These 6 RTGs add to the existing fleet of Konecranes RTGs at APMT Apapa. The RTGs have a lifting capacity of 41 tons each and are …
THE PORT OF HELSINGBORG ADOPTS TERBERG FULLY ELECTRIC TERMINAL TRACTORS
This article originally appeared on Terberg Special Vehicles here The Port of Helsingborg is working hard to become a fossil-free port and strengthen its position as Sweden’s most sustainable port. Four YT203EV terminal tractors started operation at the end of 2021. The entire fleet will be electric in the near …