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Big Lift Capability Goes to GOMS
01 Apr 2008
Located on the Sitiawan River, Grade One Marine Shipyard (GOMS) of Lumut, Malaysia, wanted to acquire a 700C Marine Travelift in order to expand its existing business of refitting and repair services and also increase its capability to service vessels up to 700 tons.
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Certex Eyes International Horizons
01 Apr 2008
UK based distributor of marine lifting equipment Certex has become part of Axel Johnson International, a privately owned worldwide group.
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Genset Power for Heavy Lift Propulsion
01 Apr 2008
SeaMetric International of Norway, has formalised its relationship with MAN Diesels through a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed earlier this year. This follows an order of 24 gensets by Seametric, which has stipulated the L27/38 model sets for its new Twin Marine Lifter (TML) system.
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Spreader Advancing in Marine Markets
01 Apr 2008
Modulift Design & Consulting, the company behind the Modulift spreader system, has delivered its fourth direct order to Clipper Elite Carriers for permanent lifting duties onboard CEC Caledonia.
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Passive Damping for Regional Support Vessels
01 Apr 2008
S E Hydraulics (SEH) have designed and supplied an innovative passive damping system to BP's four new Regional Support Vessels (RSVs) working out of Aberdeen. BP have commissioned and procured the new RSVs to deliver their new North Sea rescue and recovery arrangements.
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New Carriers to Double Terminal Capacity
01 Apr 2008
Finnish port operator Steveco Oy aims to expand its container handling capacity at the Port of Kotka with a new order for 10 Kalmar straddle carriers.
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Deck safety orders total £50m
29 May 2008
Rolls-Royce has signed contracts covering delivery of safer deck operations equipment for four anchor handling vessels.
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Second of heavy lift newbuild programme sails
29 May 2008
Following a recent naming ceremony of MV 'Anne-Sofie' in the port of Hamburg, the modern heavy lift vessel started its maiden voyage towards Asia.
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Mediterranean ports boost handling capacity
29 May 2008
The Mediterranean supply chain continues to invest in the container handling capacity of its Moroccan and Spanish ports by placing more orders for Kalmar’s all electric rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes.
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Cranes barge in ready to work
29 May 2008
The Westerlund Group has taken delivery of two new 450 ton cranes which were delivered by barge and tug from Liebherr's Rostock factory to their destination in Antwerp, Belgium.
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TT Club calls for quay crane operator protection
29 May 2008
The London based TT Club has called for a cleaner working environment for quay crane drivers at ports, and in particular wants new measures to protect them from ship stack emissions.
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Kongsberg acquires crane simulation training dimension
29 May 2008
Kongsberg Maritime has acquired the Utah USA based technology enterprise Global Sim, which delivers products and services in the field of crane simulation for the training of crane operators around the world.






