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New design of pipe end connection

News5 Jun 2023

Liftech Consultants Inc. has developed a new structural detail for connecting a pipe member to the crane structure*...

Balance Crane STS Design now available from ZPMC

News24 May 2022

ZPMC and Liftech consultants have completed a detailed design of a prototype STS Balance Crane....

Raising issues for STS cranes

News1 Jul 2015

Liftech is helping terminals accommodate bigger cranes on existing infrastructure....

Liftech opens in China

News7 Oct 2014

New Shanghai office to be headed by former ZPMC/Kalmar engineer....

Liftech to China

News1 Oct 2014

Liftech Consultants has announced it will open Liftech Shanghai Co Ltd in December 2014. While its head office will remain in Oakland, Calif...

MGM-OMG bags La Spezia order

News1 Nov 2013

La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT), part of the Contship Italia Group, has signed a contract with Italy’s MGMOMG for two new STS cranes....

More on latest Southampton crane collapse

News18 Jul 2009

DP World Southampton has issued its own statement - acknowledges concerns over Morris cranes...

Four more for PEMA

News1 Sep 2008

The Port Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (PEMA) has announced an expansion of its membership with the addition of four specialist man...

Low profile crane settlement in LA

News1 Jul 2008

The long running dispute between the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) over low profile container ...

Make mine a double – or even a triple

News1 May 2007

Twin hoist container cranes able to lift two 40ft containers simultaneously are a viable concept and are suddenly in strong demand....

Guam to buy Singapore crane

News1 Sep 2006

The Port Authority of Guam (PAG) is expected to pay US$3.5M to buy a used harbour mobile crane from Singapore’s PSA International as an in...

Designing double 40/45ft handling solutions

News1 Jul 2006

There is growing interest in twin 40/45ft container handling, but terminal operators want a solution that does not compromise single lift pe...

Bigger can be problematic

News1 Jul 2006

A 22-row outreach has become the de facto standard for superpost-Panamax cranes, but it is not without its problems. In one topical case, ch...

Hurricane forces getting more powerful?

News14 Nov 2005

Ports are likely to face much higher insurance costs in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, but in any case there is mounting concern over t...

New design of pipe end connection

Balance Crane STS Design now available from ZPMC

Raising issues for STS cranes

Liftech opens in China

Liftech to China

MGM-OMG bags La Spezia order

More on latest Southampton crane collapse

Four more for PEMA

Low profile crane settlement in LA

Make mine a double – or even a triple

Guam to buy Singapore crane

Designing double 40/45ft handling solutions

Bigger can be problematic

Hurricane forces getting more powerful?

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Automating pin-setting for rail operations

Arvato introduces robots for automated unloading

ILWU Canada announces new strike

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards

Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

New design of pipe end connection

Balance Crane STS Design now available from ZPMC

Raising issues for STS cranes

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Automating pin-setting for rail operations

Arvato introduces robots for automated unloading

ILWU Canada announces new strike

US ports detail investment plans following US$ 2.9bn Clean Ports Program awards

Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

Hydrogen-powered RTG starts operations at Oi Container Terminal

Low-profile STS cranes for Virginia

Baltic Hub’s T3 welcomes four STS cranes