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Konecranes wins contract for 5 RTGs in Togo, West Africa
Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) in Togo, West Africa, has ordered 5 more Konecranes Rubber-Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes. The order was booked in June 2021 and the cranes will be delivered in the second half of 2022.
LEEA to launch Regional Council in the Middle East and SE Asia in 2022
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has announced this year’s LEEA Awards 2021 finalists as well as news that Kat Moss will be the association’s next chair, taking over from Richard Money in January 2022. Oliver Auston will take over Kat’s former position as deputy. It also plans to launch a Regional Council in the Middle East and SE Asia in 2022.
Condra on a win despite South Africa steel shortage
South Africa’s current steel shortage is compounding an already serious obstacle to the efficient functioning of the subcontinent’s overhead crane market: declining service footprints.
Liebherr to further expand remote working technologies following increase in demand during Covid
By Marc Wiedenmann, communication & brand management, Liebherr International.
The coronavirus pandemic has given the digital transformation extraordinary impetus over the last year, demonstrating that there are solutions for performing work without being present on site.
Lifting Equipment Store expands its business development team with two new hires
Lifting Equipment Store, the UK materials handling equipment supplier, has made two new appointments as it prepares for further growth in the second half of this year.
FAD Equipment Store to supply BlokCam camera and alert systems in the US
FAD Equipment Store has become the first US-based online supplier to stock Crosby’s range of BlokCam camera and alert systems for tower and mobile cranes.
HP Cranes Consulting & Condra partner on South African vehicle plant project
HP Cranes Consulting, the Johannesburg-based company specialising in tower and gantry cranes, has won a contract to supply coil‑handling machines to a South African vehicle plant, relying on the design expertise of Condra to achieve the win.
Sparrows Group to launch Centre of Excellence with RelyOn Nutec in Qatar
Sparrows Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with RelyOn Nutec, global safety, training and competency organisation, to roll out specialist training worldwide by the end of 2021.
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Enerpac helps complete Chicago Bridge
Heavy lift specialist, Engineered Rigging, has used Enerpac strand jacks to complete a 96.3m span of the Cline Avenue Bridge over the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal in East Chicago. Deploying a customised cantilever segmental bridge lift platform with four strand jacks enabled Engineered Rigging to avoid the disruption of using a floating crane and complete the span without disrupting canal traffic.