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  UK-based Straightpoint (UK) Ltd., a manufacturer of force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cells, has launched what it claimed to be the first off-the-shelf wireless centre of gravity system of its type in the world. The technology is ideal for helping to ascertain the weight and centre of gravity of large structures […]

  Eurocrane (Asia) Co. Ltd., of Thailand, was appointed by contractor, Italian Thai Development Public Company Ltd., to supply and install a complete electric overhead travelling crane for Naresuan Dam Hydro Power Plant in Phitsanulok Province, north Thailand. The 8.4 mW power plant is one of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand’s (EGAT) new plants […]

  In launching its Model 2, Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, a subsidiary of Demag Cranes, has produced a harbour crane that is specifically designed to meet the needs of smaller terminals in maritime and river ports. The new model has a maximum lifting capacity of 80 tonnes, a radius of up to 40m and hoisting speeds […]

  Terex Corporation is introducing Terex Port Solutions at the TOC Container Supply Chain Europe event, which started this morning in Antwerp and runs through 14 June. As part of the Terex Material Handling and Port Solutions segment of the company, this group will unite Terex and Gottwald Port Technology as a single source for […]

  Iraq-based Ster Group, a partner of Italian access equipment provider CTE, will supply 266 CTE B-Lift truck-mounted platforms to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The order, for platforms ranging from 15-27m working height, is valued at over €10 million. The units, which will be delivered by the end of the year, will be sent […]

Terex Cranes has delivered an additional six TFC 46M HC reach stacker to Tecondi – Terminal Para Conteineres da Margem Direita S/A to operator in Santos Port, Brazil. Produced at the Terex Cranes facilities in Montceau-les-Mines, France, all six units were delivered via the company’s local distributor Equiport and fully commissioned on March 15th.   […]

Socage has issued a statement to customers and business associates that the company did not stop production despite the nearby earthquake. “Though the difficulties due to the earthquake in the last weeks that caused moral and material inconveniences to employees and caused slowdowns of seven days of the production in the factory of San Felice, […]

  Austrian crane manufacturer Hans Kuenz GmbH has received an order for automated stacking cranes and intermodal container cranes from APM Terminals‘ new Maasvlakte II Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, opening in November 2014. A contract for the supply of 26 automated stacking cranes and two rail-mounted gantry cranes was signed last week. The […]

Access manufacturer Niftylift, Stonebridge, England, has promoted Jon Hedlund to vice president of North American operations. Before the promotion, Hedlund had been North American sales manager for five years. Hedlund began selling Niftylift products in North America as an independent representative in 1998. He joined the company as a direct employee in 2007. “I grew […]

Winkle Industries, Alliance, Ohio, now represents the Tech Weigh ScrapMaster line of in-motion weighing systems for magnets and grapples. Winkle President Joe Schatz announced the new distribution agreement. “The Tech Weigh system is an ideal fit for Winkle products and for our customers,” he said. “It complements our own line of custom lifting magnets, and […]