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Ensuring precision with radio remote controls
The Konecranes overhead and monorail cranes at Tasmanian brewer J Boag & Son have been fitted with radio remote controls to ensure safe precision lifting of loads by operators.
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Goliath crane aids in Sellafield waste retrieval
Sellafield has taken an important step towards retrieving waste from a 60-year-old nuclear waste storage silo, now that a mammoth Semi Goliath crane has been installed.
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Taking control: survival and innovation
It has often been considered that when the economy sneezes, the market for controls inevitably catches a cold. However, this resilient sector continues to grow and, in many cases, prosper, despite...
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India’s Supreme Court has given the green light to the commissioning of the nation’s largest nuclear power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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Cargotec Wins EUR 22 Million Order for 900-tonne Subsea Crane
Cargotec’s MacGregor has received EUR 22 million order to deliver a 900-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor subsea crane to the South Korean shipyard, Hyundai Heavy Industries.
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Angola set to build the strongest crane in Africa
Workers in Angola are completing construction of the strongest crane in Africa that will be used at offshore projects for Chevron Corp, Total AS and SBM Offshore NV.
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LCM Systems extends accessory range
LCM Systems has extended its range of accessories for use with its extensive range of load cells and instrumentation.
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Panama acquires 13 RTGs
Panama Ports Company (PPC) has purchased 13 rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes of the ZPMC brand, capable of stowing up to seven containers high, local press announced recently. The cranes left Jiangyn in China on 22 April and will arrive at the Port of Balboa later this month.
LATEST FEATURES
The Konecranes overhead and monorail cranes at Tasmanian brewer J Boag & Son have been fitted with radio remote controls to ensure safe precision lifting of loads by operators.
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Taking control: survival and innovation
It has often been considered that when the economy sneezes, the market for controls inevitably catches a cold. However, this resilient sector continues to grow and, in many cases, prosper, despite the challenging economic landscape.
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Goliath crane aids in Sellafield waste retrieval
Sellafield has taken an important step towards retrieving waste from a 60-year-old nuclear waste storage silo, now that a mammoth Semi Goliath crane has been installed.
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Our Story… Terex Corporation
Every issue Hoist tells the history of a company helping to shape the industry. We delve into the company’s past, charting its development since those early, formative years and we attempt to explain how the organization has grown and evolved. This is our history. This is Our Story.
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LBT and Military Marine complete merger
Birmingham-based lifting equipment specialist Lloyds British Testing has completed its merger with military and commercial supply company Military Marine, which has its main offices within the Devonport naval base in Plymouth.
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If there is indeed a tide in the affairs of men, then port operators appear determined to take this tide at the flood and, should fortune smile, chart their course to a healthier profit margin. In this month’s issue of Hoist we cast a nautical gaze at the rise of Maersk's new Triple E, Super Post-Panamax, container vessel.
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Have a giant in every port
There was a wealth of activity in the dockside market last month, and since the start of the year. The opportunities in this market for the hoist manufactures is only set to grow as more ports join the list of those undergoing upgrades and expansions. The arrival of the giant dockside cranes at London’s newest port, London Gateway, is a clear signal for what is to come.
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Material handling matters to Europe
For the last four years, much of European industry has been in the doldrums, stifled first by the global financial crisis, and then, for many economies, by problems with sovereign debt. While the politics of austerity followed by many more successful nations over recent years may balance national accounts in the short term, it is unclear whether they have helped or, through compounding a stagnant investment environment, hindered business development. Our industry though, despite a mood of pessimism in some quarters, shows signs of bouncing back well from the crisis. In the latest Eurostat figures on material handling as a whole, collected by the European manufacturer's association, the FEM, thereare signs that, up to 2011, the industry was rebounding well.
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Resolving a crisis
As another challenging year comes to a close, 2012 seems to have shaped up fairly well for the overhead lifting industry. With some companies reporting record profits and others a stronger than expected rebound, even while sales fell, finally the fallout from the global financial crisis is somehow starting to look less worrisome. Having said that no-one is expecting 2013 to be much easier. Although capacity utilisation for many manufacturers is still heading towards the magical 80 per cent figure, a leisurely pace has slowed to a crawl, and now the 80 per cent figure is expected nearer 2015 than many expected.
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Steering the ship
Here at the offices at World Market Intelligence I have been bouncing ideas off colleagues about the best ways to ensure our content is relevant, timely and targeted squarely at our reader base.
