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Staff Writer
Bridger Howes explains why it supports LEEA #GLAD24
Do you want to raise the profile of an industry or only increase your own visibility within it? Choose carefully — now we’ve got the world watching #GLAD2024, writes Richard Howes, co-director, Bridger Howes.
The Caldwell Group on #GLAD2024
#GLAD2024 must serve as a gateway to our industry for welders, fabricators, riggers, operators, and technicians, writes Doug Stitt, president & CEO, The Caldwell Group.
Ross Moloney CEO on #GLAD2024
Ross Moloney, CEO, Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), reflects on the origins of Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) and looks forward to #GLAD24 and showing everybody outside the industry how lifting changes the world around us.
Kuenz & ABB celebrate largest yard crane order in European history
As Kuenz and ABB celebrate winning the largest yard crane order in European history and South Carolina looks forward to expanding its port, we look at the latest developments in global news.
The hands-on approach
Lifting does not have to be done by electric, hydraulic or pneumatic machinery. There is still a role for old-fashioned muscle-power, as Julian Champkin discovers.
Steel mills and furnaces embracing A.I.
Technology may be taking over steel production, but physical lifting in tough conditions still needs to be done. Julian Champkin reports.
Maritime Asia
From Mitsui OSK Lines receiving government funding to convert an RTG crane from diesel to hydrogen, to Busan New Port opening its first fully automated container terminal in Korea, we look at the latest news to come from Asia.
Marcor stevedoring installs LHM 800
Liebherr has delivered a mobile harbour crane type LHM 800 to Marcor Stevedoring’s Hartel Terminal to serve as logistical bridge between the port’s quay and storage warehouses for dry bulk cargo
Operations begin at ASYAD container terminal in Duqm, Oman
Operations have begun at Asyad Container Terminal in Duqm, Oman, the latest in a string of expansion activities from Asyad Ports to meet the needs of the global maritime industry.
Ports Green Methanol and Ammonia by 2030
The Global Maritime Forum & RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute), under Mission Innovation’s umbrella, has released a report outlining strategies for ports to provide green methanol and ammonia bunkering and how ports can secure supply to meet the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) target of 5% use of zero-emission fuels by 2030.