Skyjack Lowers the Boom for Maintenance

01 Oct 2005

Contractors performing maintenance works on the slipped Wightlink passenger catamaran Our Lady Pamela used two knuckle boom cranes from the AFI Aerial Platforms rental fleet to ensure easy access to all parts of the vessel. 

HATLAPA Extends to the Eastern Mediterranean

01 Oct 2005

HATLAPA Uetersener Maschinenfabrik has extended its activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to locations in Uetersen (Germany), Poole (England), Singapore, and Shanghai, HATLAPA EastMed Ltd commenced operations at Limassol in Cyprus last month. 

Versatile Crane Lifts A&P Falmouth

01 Oct 2005

A £1m investment in a new mobile harbour crane will improve the service offered to ship owners using the UK Port of Falmouth by offering faster discharges of cargo and improved lift capacity on all berths and docksides. 

Box Handling Streamlined at Muuga Container Terminal

01 Oct 2005

Estonia's main dedicated container handling facility, Muuga Container Terminal (Muuga CT) in the Port of Tallinn , has placed an order with Kalmar Industries for two all electric E-One rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two Shuttle Carrier (r) of the fast transport one over one design. 

Dubai Drydocks Builds Its Own Crane

01 Oct 2005

Visitors to ShipRepair & Conversion Dubai may find time to make a side excursion to Dubai Drydocks, which has built a 2,000 ton floating crane to its own account. 

Heavy Lift for Light Load

01 Oct 2005

After delivering its heaviest ever load last year, the 59,500 ton Thunderhorse production platform for BP , Dockwise Shipping has now transported its lightest load ever. The company's headquarters at Breda in the Netherlands mobilised the dock ship Enterprise to transport a Zeppelin NT airship weighing only 700 kilos from Amsterdam to South Africa. 

Crane Gain for NME

01 Oct 2005

Norwegian Maritime Equipment (NME) has won a ? 500,000 order to supply ten marine cranes for five new Norwegian coast guard vessels, the first of which is scheduled for launch by the end of this year. The order was received from the Sczecin Ship Repair Yard Gryfia SA in Poland, which is building the vessels for Remoy management AS and Remoy Shipping AS. 

Swell Compensator System Lifts Crane Capacity

01 Oct 2005

Hytop BV has designed, produced, delivered, tested and operated two swell compensator systems which will enable Genius Vos to handle heavy loads on the open sea. Key to the system is ensuring that a crane which can take a 280 ton static lift load but is not equipped to respond to rapidly changing loads does not experience more than 50 tons jump load while 150 ton platform structures are being lifted from a supply vessel at sea. 

TTS Buys Kocks Deck Machinery

01 Oct 2005

In a continuing policy of acquiring companies which complement its current portfolio, Norway's TTSMarine ASA has signed a final sale and purchase agreement to acquire Germany's Kocks GmbH of Bremen. 

Winch Drives Delivered to Tight Schedule

01 Oct 2005

West Yorkshire UK based hydraulic motors and drive systems manufacturer Hagglunds Drives was selected by Subsea 7 to supply two drive systems plus auxiliary supplies for ROV handling on the vessel Skandi Neptune .The power units are in the familiar cabinet style of Hagglunds and suitable for on-deck operations, complete with the drive controls and Spider monitoring system. Also manufactured by Hagglunds, this provides constant power control to maximise the line speed available.