ZPMC prepares for the future

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ZPMC is making improvements to business processes and establishing a regional offi ce network to get closer to its customers....

Crane challenges on the rise

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Lift height, semi-automation and remote control, low profile cranes and new ways to work adjacent bays are just some of the design challenge...

Taking on the 6000 moves challenge

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Shipping lines and terminal operators differ over whether and how easily terminals will be able to meet the Maersk challenge of 6000 moves p...

Cranes feel the strain

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Oakland (CA)-based Liftech Consultants, Inc has been investigating fatigue cracks in container cranes since 1964. Recently its engineers hav...

VIT rises to the occasion

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Container cranes will enter Virgin territory with a new design for VIT's Norfolk facility...

Paper handling changes gear

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Kalmar has launched a new FLT for paper roll handling. The DCD80-6H truck was shown at both the Hannover Fair and the CV show in Birmingham,...

Gauging the size of the problem

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For the first time, container cranes able to work a 22-wide deck stow container cranes are to be provided with a relatively narrow gauge (80...

Towards a new design of Jumbo crane

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The "jumbo" ships are coming: 9000, 12000 and even 15000 TEU. Ways have to be found to transfer containers between jumbo ship and quay and b...

Up to 23 x 22-wide cranes

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As first reported in last month's WorldCargo News (p1) Maersk Sealand is looking for at least 17 and possibly as many as 23 cranes for key U...

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