Real crane training
NewsKocks Krane has handed over to British Columbia Maritime Employers’ Association (BCMEA) a new 35t-35m outreach STS gantry crane that will ...
Mombasa crane drama
NewsKenyan businessman Maur Bwanamaka has challenged the contract awarded by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to Liebherr for the supply, install...
Kocks cranes for Delaware
NewsThe Port of Wilmington (DE), located at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers, and owned and operated by the Diamond State Por...
New STS container crane for training only
NewsIn what is believed to be a world “first,” a new STS container crane has been ordered purely for training purposes....
Mombasa crane tender cleared
NewsA disputed contract to supply three new STS container gantry cranes to Mombasa container terminal has been cleared by Kenya’s Public Procu...
Mombasa STS crane order
NewsA decision by Kenya Ports Authority to purchase three STS container cranes from Liebherr has got the go-ahead...
STS crane wheel starting to turn?
NewsNumbers are steady and look set to rise next year, but the story is in market share....
Global Ports set to increase capacity
NewsIn a bid to satisfy the growing domestic demand for container handling, Global Ports Investments (GPI), the Russo-Danish ports operator, is ...
Active vibration damper for quayside cranes
NewsSiemens Drive Technologies Division (SDT), based in Erlangen, Germany, has developed a technique for active damping using a linear motor wit...
How to grab the opportunities
NewsThe market for rail-mounted gantry grab unloaders moves somewhat slowly. Equipment is built to last for years and the fact that ship sizes h...
A new approach to snag load protection
NewsWhat is believed to be the world’s first non-hydraulic anti-snag and overload protection system for container cranes has been launched by ...