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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

A Terberg YT193 Tractor was successfully commissioned and delivered to Union Camerounaise de Brasseries (UCB)  in November 2021.  A second Terberg Tractor is due to be shipped in July 2022. Engineer Henry Kugbe from Paterson Simons handed over the equipment to Mr Whalen KADJI. The Terberg YT193 Tractor will help increase...

Five Konecranes SMV4532TCE5 Reach stackers and a Konecranes SMV6-7ECC90 Empty Container Handler were successfully commissioned and delivered to La Régie du Terminal à Conteneurs (RTC Douala) in November 2021. The Paterson Simons team assembled and commissioned these six lift trucks. Training was carried out for the Konecranes machines in French...