Industry’s Bottom Dollar
Choosing lifting equipment should never come down to price alone, but it remains very common to accept the lowest bid. While cost should be considered,... Read More
Liebherr Cranes for Port Tampa Bay
Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. will deliver two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes to Port Tampa Bay, marking Liebherr’s first STS installation on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The cranes... Read More
CP&A Encourages Structural, Civil Engineers to Consider Crane Industry
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) is reaching out to trainee and experienced structural engineers who might not have considered what the crane industry has... Read More
CP&A Tells Crane Industry to Adopt Heat Straightening
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has advised the crane industry not to overlook heat straightening as an efficient method of repair when structural beams... Read More
CP&A on Crane Procurement
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) has delivered a presentation to port authorities titled, ‘Peer Review of Container Cranes’, to assist in future procurement processes.... Read More
Savannah Ship-to-Shore Cranes
The Port of Savannah received four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes last month (August), upgrading the crane fleet to 34 machines at Garden City Terminal, after... Read More
CP&A STS Crane Seismic Upgrades
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) is expecting demand to retrofit its crane base anti-seismic isolation system (BASIS) on ship-to-shore gantry cranes at the quayside.... Read More
Consultant vs. Employee
Casper, Phillips & Associates (CP&A), based in Tacoma, USA, has seen a rise in demand for its engineering design services, leading to the conclusion that... Read More
CP&A Joins Panelists at AAPA Event
Casper, Phillips & Associates Inc. (CP&A) was represented on a panel that took questions from an American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) delegation recently. CP&A’s... Read More
New Cranes and Existing Docks
Terminal operators and owners are increasingly looking to increase the size of their quayside container cranes, which presents a series of challenges that must be... Read More
