During a recent review of our long-running Port Service Agreement with Konecranes Port Services in Düsseldorf, the Paterson Simons team took time out to look at the latest crane simulation technology deployed in the Konecranes Gottwald training centre. The multi-screen simulator uses multiple screens to accurately recreate the 180 degree …
Forklift and Reachstacker deliveries in Senegal and Mauritania
We’ve had a busy 5 months, and as usual many reachstacker and forklift deliveries across the region successfully commissioned, including Mauritania and Senegal. APMT Mauritania in Nouakchott Paterson Simons has had a long relationship with APMT Mauritania in Nouakchott having commissioned and supplied three Konecranes SMV4531TB5 reachstackers 10 years ago …
Important CIT Announcement
With effect from 1st of January 2019 Certification, Inspection and Training Ghana Ltd. [CIT] will once again be a division of Pasico Ghana Ltd. [PGL]. Be assured that our contact details, administration team and staffing remain unchanged. Most of our customers have a pre-existing relationship with PGL so the change …
Dismantling one of Manitowoc's largest booms.
Belmet 7 – supplier to the oil industry – based in Takoradi, Ghana recently required their Manitowoc 16000 crawler crane to be disassembled, stripped down, serviced and reassembled. Having dominated the Takoradi skyline for 4 years the customer instructed us to dismantle the crane in order to conduct preventative works …
Do West Africa's Ports Have an Empty Container Crisis?
A recent article in World Cargo news covered Kenya’s new double-stacking railway carriages, designed to double the efficiency of moving empty containers from Nairobi’s Inland Container Depot (ICD) back to Mombasa port. One of the key challenges that the new infrastructure project hopes to manage is the universal logistics challenge …
Manitowoc Launch Crane Configuration App
Determining the overall boom and jib length combination is now as simple as opening up Manitowoc’s recently launched smartphone app for iOS and Android. The Manitowoc Boom Length Selector App allows you to select specific boom and jib length combinations, building heights, boom radii and other crane parameters using an …
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