productSecond mobile harbour crane
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received an order from Hans Lehmann KG (Lehmann) for a second diesel-electric G HMK 5506 variant of the Tere® Gottwald Model 5 mobile harbour crane.
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productMobile sand filling
Sheffield rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, has completed its first order for a mobile sand filling system. The firm has supplied two sand carts to Midland Metro’s Wednesbury depot in the West Midlands, to replenish stocks on new trams serving Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
articlePort of Felixstowe buys four reachstackers
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver four reachstackers for laden handling to the Port of Felixstowe in the UK.
productHydraulic hoists
Hoists incorporating the latest generation of super silent hydraulics have now been added to the J D Neuhaus Profi and EH monorail hoist ranges, with units providing 75 and 100t lift capacities.
productWorld record lift
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has entered the record books thanks to the heavy lift capabilities of its latest reachstacker, named Super Gloria. The reachstacker lifted a steel component weighing over 100t in front of an invited audience at Kalmar’s multi-assembly unit in Lidhult, Sweden.
productElectric chain hoist
Available from Lift Turn Move (LTM), the GPM is the latest product from the GIS production line in Schötz, Switzerland and is the first model of the new GP electric chain hoist generation, designed to fit under existing capacity ranges.
articleHelp for overhead lifting operations
Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Operations Manager John Williams offers sensible and practical advice on overhead lifting.
productNew generation Demag V -type crane
Terex Material Handling has launched the new generation Demag V-type crane, the design of which uses less material, helping to reduce the depletion of raw materials.
newsTractors and platform trucks launch
Linde Material Handling is launching a new product family of tractors and platform trucks onto the market.
newsGerman handling equipment manufacturer plans UK launch
LKE Group has targeted the UK to help in its bid to double turnover over the next five years.
productSecond heavy duty Combilift for Bird Stainless
Bird Stainless, headquartered just north of stainless steel’s home city of Sheffield, has taken delivery of its second Combilift 4-way forklift to enable it to cope with increasing demand for its products.
productFans glide into place
Hatton Systems is able to move 2.5t of machinery to be moved around a workshop with just one hand thanks to equipment provided by Movetech UK.
articleFuture perfect?
What does the future hold for the logistics industry over the next decade? Dave Berridge, Secretary of the Automated Material Handling System Association (AMHSA) takes out his crystal ball.
newsWorker crushed after crane collision
An Oldham manufacturer has been ordered to pay £125,000 in fines and costs after an employee was killed when he was struck by a three-tonne piece of steel being lifted by an overhead crane.
productExplosion protected crane systems
Crane systems manufactured by J D Neuhaus can be supplied with Atex classifications EX II 2 GD IIA T4 / EX II 3 GD IIB T4, with increased spark protection also available for explosion level II C.
productTerminal tractors
When Irish Ferries introduced a new MV Epsilon ferry used its Dublin/Holyhead and Dublin/Cherbourg route, there was also an additional requirement to replace out-of-date older equipment used at the ports.
productModern lifting fleet
Operated by Malcolm Rail, as one of the UK’s busiest intermodal freight terminals, DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal) handles trains for major freight operating companies and requires a modern lifting fleet, which has been supplied by Kalmar.
productNew fleet for busy port
Port of Felixstowe is Britain’s biggest and busiest container port in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe. Privately owned and handling more than 3.7 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units), the port welcomes approximately 3000 ships each year, including the largest container vessels afloat today.
productCrane reliability study
Hot on the heels of the recent re-launch of its Trucare remote service package, Konecranes has developed a Crane Reliability Study (CRS).
productReel manipulation
Specialist in the supply of materials handling equipment and mobile work lifters, Lift Safe, has lessened the load in the Coventry manufacturing plant of Mission Foods, a leading manufacturer of tortilla wraps and flat breads.
