Morris Material Handling has strengthened its association with world leading rail transportation provider, Bombardier. In addition to providing round-the clock service and maintenance provision of Bombardier's crane, hoists and lifting equipment at its rail manufacturing facility and refurbishment centre in Derby, Morris Material Handling has now assumed responsibility for ensuring that they meet all their commitments under the LOLER regulations
1998, along with all other statutory inspections across the 330,000 sq m site.

Coordinated from Morris Material Handling regional service centre in Loughborough, the new level of service provision involves the statutory examination of Bombardier's 72 on-site cranes, both overhead and goliath, as well as other lifting equipment, hoist chain blocks, Genie lifts, carriage lifting jacks, swing jibs, and all associated loose lifting equipment. Whilst being subject to a one-off annual examination, Morris Material Handling is also responsible for the biannual inspection of all below the hook equipment.

Aware of the importance of keeping its lifting equipment in excellent working order, Bombardier has also tasked Morris with managing the planned maintenance of its cranes and hoists an additional three times per annum, over and above the statutory requirement.

Comments Bombardier's Services Engineer, Graham Moody: "We enjoy an excellent working relationship with Morris Materials Handling. Not only are they a very efficient and reliable service provider, we experience no problems whatsoever with the working relationship that exists between both organisations."

He added: "Given the high levels of support that Morris already provides on a 24/7 basis relating to the ongoing service, maintenance and repair at our Derby site, we are obviously pleased to have extended our association with them with regards to statutory inspections."

Whilst Morris Material Handling has a planned maintenance regime in place with Bombardier at its rail manufacturing and refurbishment centre in Derby, a team of seven technicians based at the Loughborough service centre remain on standby to provide an immediate respond should breakdown of failure occur. Such service provision covers both mechanical and electrical componentry.

Commenting on behalf of Morris Materials Handling, Pat Campbell, Operations Director Maintenance Services said: "We are obviously delighted to have been given the opportunity to extend our working relationship with such a leading global player in the field of rail transportation. This latest development reaffirms our ability to provide customers with a full and comprehensive service support package for cranes, hoists and other materials handling equipment."