The first Terex straddle carriers equipped with Stinis spreaders have arrived at the Durban Container Terminal.

The straddles come in the form of a modkit and only need final assembly and commissioning after which the machines will start operation.

According Stinis’ quality standards, the spreaders have been fully tested in the factory and integration tests at Terex factory have been done as well.

Briggeman comments: “We are confident that the spreaders will work to full satisfaction from the first day of operation”.

Recently Transnet Port Terminals signed a contract with Terex Cranes for the delivery of 28 diesel-electric straddle carriers to be added to their fleet of straddle carriers at the Durban Container Terminal. The first batch of machines will be delivered in September.

Exciting news for Briggeman as the straddles will be equipped with Stinis spreaders, 14 off single-lift and 14 off twinlift. These will be the first Stinis spreaders to be used by Transnet Port Terminals. Briggeman adds: “Stinis has a worldwide reputation in terms of quality, reliability and productivity and we expect the spreaders to operate to full satisfaction of the terminal operation and maintenance team. We look forward to seeing the spreaders in production and will closely monitor the performance of the equipment, ready to assist our customer whenever needed!

Italian Rima group has appointed Briggeman as their South African partner for the sales and service of their storm brakes, hydraulic systems (trim, list and skew systems) and other products for harbour cranes.

Mr. Vincenzo Marmorato, Rima’s Commercial Director, comments “To improve our customer support we are actively seeking local partners that have both technical knowledge and are close to our customers; we believe to have found a good match to these requirements with Briggeman.”

According Edwin Briggeman “Rima’s products are a very nice fit within our company’s range of peripherals/add-ons for cranes at ports and terminals and we are very happy to represent a well-known company in our industry that provides first class equipment”.

On the recently held Intermodal Africa 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, both Merford and Stinis successfully exhibited their products and latest technologies. Both companies have a proven reputation of being in the forefront of innovative solutions based on many years of close cooperation with the end-users.

Apart from their well-established range of container spreaders for ship-to-shore cranes, mobile harbor cranes and gantry cranes, Stinis had a very interesting video on display showing their patented fully automated split-headblock capable of simultaneously handling 2x 40” or 4x 20” or combination thereof.

Merford Cabins took the opportunity to further introduce their ErgoSeat, an ergonomic operator seat designed a.o. according to the internationally accepted ISO 11226 standard, of which over 500 units are worldwide in operation. The ErgoSeat on display attracted many people to come and have a look and feel to be convinced about the benefits in terms of operator health and productivity. Good news if you could not make it to the exhibition, you can still experience the ErgoSeat as it has stayed behind with Briggeman Material Handling Solutions in Durban.

Briggeman Material Handling Solutions is the official agent/distributor for Southern Africa for both Merford Cabins an Stinis Spreaders.

Johannesburg based company Power Management recently ordered two Merford seat-console combinations to be installed on the shredder plants of the Reclamation Group in Benoni and in Cape Town. Power Management is main contractor for the upgrade of the complete electrical installation. Although the shredder installation will now be fully automated, there will be an operator to visually oversee the process and machinery and override the system when needed. For this, an ergonomically designed seat-console combination was a prerequisite and after some research Power Management decided Merford would be first choice. “The cooperation with Briggeman and Merford has been very positive and last moment changes to the design of the consoles were implemented without problems”, says PJ Fourie from Power Management. “Together with the short delivery time and local support, we can clearly see future cooperation when the Reclamation Group goes ahead with upgrading other shredder plants in the country.”

Due to the time constraint for the delivery of the seat-console combinations, it was decided that Power Management would do the complete wiring of the consoles. However, for the future it is considered to deliver the consoles completely wired from factory.

PAT-Krüger and Briggeman have agreed that the latter can add PAT- Krüger’s range of mobile control and safety systems to its product portfolio. The agreement will benefit both parties as Briggeman operates closely to the ports and terminals and PAT-Krüger’s products are a perfect addition to Briggeman’s product portfolio of Operator/Safety systems.

Stinis, worldwide supplier of container spreaders, attachments, components and other types of cargo handling equipment, has agreed with Briggeman on an agency for their products in Southern Africa.

Edwin Briggeman says: “We are proud to represent this range of innovative and highly qualitative products and we see great opportunities in the near future as cargo handling and in particular container handling is a growing market.”

Merford Cabins, supplier of operator cabins and cabin components for various types of cranes, vehicles and installations, has extended their footprint by engaging Briggeman Material Handling Solutions as their distributor for South Africa.

Mr. Daan Potters, General Manager of Merford Cabins, explains: “We are actively looking for distributors worldwide and it was first choice to engage with a company that already knows our products and is close to the customer.

In fact, our relationship started years ago when Briggeman was project manager at Kalmar container cranes. “

In the last thirty years TTS Handling Systems has become a leading supplier to ship yards worldwide with shipyard production technology, heavy load handling and shipyard consultancy, demonstrating their performance and innovatory characteristic to solve their client challenges.

Edwin Briggeman comments: “With our focus on port and industry, this agency is a welcome addition to our product portfolio and we are looking forward in assisting the local shipyard industry with first class equipment and services.”

On October 8, at the end of a day of intensive product training, Edwin Briggeman and Tinus Greyling, Managing Director of Flosolve (Pty) Ltd, put their signature under a dealership agreement for Briggeman Material Handling Solutions to actively promote, install and maintain Flosolve’s range of first class quality products in the Southern African ports and terminals.
Flosolve’s product line includes SKF centralized lubrication systems, Orlaco specialized camera systems, Wiggins fast fuelling service systems, Graco lubrication equipment and Kidde fire suppression systems.

Tinus Greyling comments that “we are pleased to have found a dealer with the same professionalism, passion and integrity as our company, and with the necessary experience in the application of our products in the ports and terminals operations we are convinced to have entered into a successful dealership.”
Edwin Briggeman adds that “he is looking forward to represent this range of quality products and sees this dealership as integral part in fulfilling the company’s mission in providing true material handling solutions.”

See also Products or www.flosolve.co.za for more information on Flosolve’s products.