Kiddod – Engineering services for ports and grain silos
General
Kiddod Engineering Ltd. is an Israeli leading engineering company for ports and grain silos handling systems and equipment, such as:
- Container cranes (STS)
- Container Yard cranes RMG & RTG
- Jib cranes
- Mobile harbor cranes (MHC)
- Continuous ship unloaders and loaders
- Containers and material handling equipment such as reach stachers, forklifts, yard tractors, spreaders, grabs, hoppers etc.
- Bulk handling equipment – belts, chutes, elevators, weights, aspiration etc.
Kiddod leading team:
Eldad Tsahor – Senior technology consultant, with 40+ years of experience in ports activities. Former technology director in Israel Ports Company – Assets and Development Ltd.
Experience in port systems and grain silos functional planning, specification, procurement and integration of cranes and other port equipment and systems.
Itzhak Polansky – Senior mechanical engineer with 35+ years of experience in ports activities. Former chief mechanical engineer in Ashdod port co.
Experience in port equipment, design, operation and maintenance.
Gil Friedler – Senior mechanical engineer with 40+ years of experience in ports activities. Former head of equipment division in Haifa port co.
Experience in port equipment, design, operation and maintenance.
Roee Kanias – Senior mechanical engineer with 15+ years of experience in port grain silos activities and bulk material handling systems.
Activities
New cranes, equipment and systems
- Functional design for new equipment and systems, including defining operational performance, design criteria and engineering parameters.
- Performing market study for equipment and technologies.
- Consult on related infrastructure – quays, rails, power supply etc.
- Preparing technical specifications including prerequisites, evaluation criteria budget estimates etc.
- Preparing technical and project procurement documents for international bidding.
- Lead / consult the procurement process (technical and project aspects) including answering bidders’ questions and evaluation of technical proposals.
- Project management and engineering support.
- Consult and follow-up on quality assurance and quality control (QA-QC) performed by 3rd party during manufacturing, assembly and erection.
- Monitor factory acceptance tests (FAT) and conduct site acceptance tests (SAT).
- Support and consult on ILS aspects including spare parts.
- Preparing equipment technical files, including maintenance procedures and protocols.
- Support and follow-up during the warranty period and planned inspections.
Existing equipment and systems
- Study and assessment of present equipment with regard to technical condition, life expectancy and correlation to the changing operational needs.
- Preparing upgrade and modification technical specifications.
- Preparing technical and project documents for contractors’ bidding.
- Lead / consult the project (technical and project aspects) including evaluation of proposals.
- Project management and engineering support.
- Consult and follow-up on quality assurance and quality control (QA-QC) performed by 3rd party during manufacturing, assembly and erection.
- Monitor factory acceptance tests (FAT) and conduct site acceptance tests (SAT).
- Support and consult on ILS aspects including spare parts.
- Preparing equipment technical files, including maintenance procedures and protocols.
- Support and follow-up during the warranty period and planned inspections.
Maintenance and ILS
- Assess and consult on maintenance strategy and maintenance routines.
- Study and revise equipment maintenance files.
- Prepare maintenance procedures and protocols.
- Assess and consult on spare parts policy.
- Preparing recommendations for spare parts.
Supervision management
- Supervise and manage 3rd QA-QC companies.
- Preparing / review QA-QC procedures
- Study the QC reports in relation to the specifications and practice standards.
- Recommend on corrective procedures.
- Monitor / witness FAT as required.
Other activities
- Survey and study on technologies, systems and equipment.
- Conceptual planning and design – functional, operational and engineering.
- Existing arrangements and systems – study and analysis – upgrade, modify / scape
- Study on the condition of related infrastructure – quays, rails, etc.