Difficult competition conditions in the container spreader world
The spreader market has grown on the back of the recent boom in crane orders, but powerful crane OEMs are pushing hard to keep the competition keener than ever.
Bromma claims that its sales and bookings in 2000 increased by more than 20 per cent, a faster rate than the industry as a whole indicating that it "almost certainly" improved market share. However, crane makers such as Fantuzzi-Reggiane, Liebherr, Mitsubishi, Paceco Corp licensees, Sumitomo and ZPMC are supplying their own spreaders as original equipment wherever possible.
Of particular note, ZPMC is to supply twin-20 spreaders on two quay cranes it is building for DCT in Dalian. Whilst this is ZPMC's "home market," DCT is 49 per cent owned by Singapore Dalian Port Investment and Maersk Sealand is also a minor investor....
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Approx 2000 words from WorldCargo News, February 2001,
page 27.
