New design of pipe end connection
NewsLiftech Consultants Inc. has developed a new structural detail for connecting a pipe member to the crane structure*...
Balance Crane STS Design now available from ZPMC
NewsZPMC and Liftech consultants have completed a detailed design of a prototype STS Balance Crane....
Raising issues for STS cranes
NewsLiftech is helping terminals accommodate bigger cranes on existing infrastructure....
Liftech to China
NewsLiftech Consultants has announced it will open Liftech Shanghai Co Ltd in December 2014. While its head office will remain in Oakland, Calif...
MGM-OMG bags La Spezia order
NewsLa Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), part of the Contship Italia Group, has signed a contract with Italy’s MGMOMG for two new STS cranes....
More on latest Southampton crane collapse
NewsDP World Southampton has issued its own statement - acknowledges concerns over Morris cranes...
Four more for PEMA
NewsThe Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (PEMA) has announced an expansion of its membership with the addition of four specialist man...
Low profile crane settlement in LA
NewsThe long running dispute between the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) over low profile container ...
Make mine a double – or even a triple
NewsTwin hoist container cranes able to lift two 40ft containers simultaneously are a viable concept and are suddenly in strong demand....
Guam to buy Singapore crane
NewsThe Port Authority of Guam (PAG) is expected to pay US$3.5M to buy a used harbour mobile crane from Singapore’s PSA International as an in...
Designing double 40/45ft handling solutions
NewsThere is growing interest in twin 40/45ft container handling, but terminal operators want a solution that does not compromise single lift pe...
Bigger can be problematic
NewsA 22-row outreach has become the de facto standard for superpost-Panamax cranes, but it is not without its problems. In one topical case, ch...
Hurricane forces getting more powerful?
NewsPorts are likely to face much higher insurance costs in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, but in any case there is mounting concern over t...