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The first IPAF PAL+ courses have been conducted in the UK, training operators of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) for work in higher risk or challenging environments. PAL+ is an optional, additional one day of category-specific training and complements the PAL operator course by providing further training for MEWP operators working in such environments.   […]

  UK manufacturer Street Crane has installed a 4 tonne capacity overhead crane at Blackpool College’s Fleetwood Nautical Campus (FNC), used for marine helicopter escape training for North Sea, military and emergency services personnel. The safety training systems were designed by EDM, a company specialising in simulators for aviation training. EDM produced the module known as […]

  International rope maker Bridon has started installation of the “world’s biggest machine for the manufacture of steel wire ropes”. The ropes will support the offshore sector in particular due to its increasingly demanding lifting applications. The closer machine at the company’s new Neptune Quay facility, which is used to form dozens of strands of […]

  International rope maker Bridon has started installation of the “world’s biggest machine for the manufacture of steel wire ropes”. The ropes will support the offshore sector in particular due to its increasingly demanding lifting applications. The closer machine at the company’s new Neptune Quay facility, which is used to form dozens of strands of […]

  International rope maker Bridon has started installation of the “world’s biggest machine for the manufacture of steel wire ropes”. The ropes will support the offshore sector in particular due to its increasingly demanding lifting applications. The closer machine at the company’s new Neptune Quay facility, which is used to form dozens of strands of […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Amherst, N.Y., has sold its Gaffey division of Crane Equipment and Service Inc. to Ace Industries. Timothy Tevens, president and CEO of Columbus McKinnon, said: "Gaffey has been a solid division of our company for many years, but given the nature of its business as a crane manufacturer and service provider, Ace […]

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Amherst, N.Y., has appointed Kurt Wozniak as vice president and an officer of Columbus McKinnon Corporation by its board of Directors. Wozniak, a member of the CMCO executive committee, has been serving Columbus McKinnon as managing director of Latin America since July 2010 and has been a contributor to both the strategic direction […]

Konecranes has highlighted its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2012 in a recent statement.    For the second quarter:   Order intake grew 22.3 percent to EUR 553.7 million ($678.26 million), and the order book was EUR 1,122.8 million ($1.375 billion) at the end of June—14.5 percent higher than a […]

Konecranes has highlighted its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2012 in a recent statement.  For the second quarter: Order intake grew 22.3 percent to EUR 553.7 million ($678.26 million), and the order book was EUR 1,122.8 million ($1.375 billion) at the end of June—14.5 percent higher than a year ago […]

Cargotec has received an order for the integration of the Cargotec SmartPath process automation solution on 110 existing terminal tractors and 23 quay cranes at Malta Freeport Terminals. It is the first for the Cargotec SmartPort concept, which was introduced at TOC Europe exhibition in Antwerp in June.   Cargotec SmartPath allows Malta Freeport Terminals […]