How We Work

Our vision

To be the global leader for technical services in the terminal industry, providing lifetime value through our expertise and leadership.

We achieve this through expertise, quality, leadership, and trust & reliability.

CES is renowned for its best-in-class engineering services and third-party inspections in the container terminal industry.

This means longer lifetime and economic value of your crane investments.

We have the most experienced third-party inspection, commissioning and maintenance service people in the industry

  • Global Certifications: Our inspectors hold globally-recognized certifications like AWS, EN/ISO for welding, NACE, SSPC (now AMPP) for painting, and many more. We outmatch every other inspection company in the breadth and depth of our certification expertise.
  • Commissioning expertise: We are the only third-party inspection company with dedicated Commissioning Engineers, testing and ensuring specification compliance and correct functionality of your crane. Our own commissioning engineering team has a collective crane commissioning experience of more than 80 years and we are recognized as the most seasoned experts in this domain across the industry.
  • Decades of Experience: Our team’s average experience with container handling equipment is 18 years.
  • Diverse Inspection Teams: While our team manages new crane fabrication inspections, it’s also enriched with experienced inspectors for Strcutureal inspections and Maintenance Services.
Quality

We have the most stringent quality measures in the industry to ensure superior quality at every stage.

  • Comprehensive QA ITPs: CES’s own QA ITP gets created based on the equipment specs and substantially outperforms the OEM’s standard ITPs used by our competitors.
  • Comprehensive Functional Test protocol: CES is the only third-party inspection company with functional test protocols and dedicated commissioning engineers, ensuring that the equipment functions exactly as specified.
  • Exclusive Gearbox Inspection: CES is the sole third-party inspection company with a dedicated QA inspector at ZPMC’s gearbox factory, emphasizing thoroughness over random checks.
  • Wide Supplier Network: As part of APMT, we collaborate with leading crane suppliers like Konecranes, Kalmar, Liebherr, Kuenz, MES, and others, aiding them in enhancing quality in areas they lack.
  • Holistic Inspection Approach: Apart from new crane inspections, CES has inspected more than 300 existing STS cranes and 500 RTG cranes across the industry, giving us insights into long-term quality concerns and facilitating improvements in new crane construction.
  • HSSE Focus: While on site, CES emphasizes not just quality but also Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) – an approach not mirrored by anybody else.
  • Permanent Presence: We’re not just constantly present in the supplier’s factory; we’re immersed. Our dedicated team is steadfast and consistently on-site.
  • A stable team: We maintain the best inspectors in the industry and do not outsource our inspection services to other companies. The average employee tenure in CES is 15 years.
Leadership

Incorporating new technology and leading the industry

  • Technological Vanguard: We embrace emerging technologies such as automation, digitization, decarbonization and electrification, positioning ourselves as industry trailblazers.
  • Global Perspective: Our international vision combined with potent sourcing capabilities ensures global standards in our operations.
  • Cutting-Edge Collaboration: Positioned at the nexus of both established and budding Crane OEMs, we’re always aligned with the latest in crane technology. CES’s uninterrupted two-decade partnership with ZPMC is unmatched in the industry.
  • Industry Advocacy: We take the lead on pressing industry matters, shaping discourse and action.
  • Performance Mastery: we emphasize supplier performance management, ensuring the OEMs meet our customers expectations and standards.
  • Health & Safety Benchmark: At CES, we don’t just follow safety standards, we define and consistently measure and improve them.

With CES, it’s always about genuine commitment, never hollow promises.

  • Unrivaled Supplier Performance Management: Beyond quality, we diligently manage supplier performance for safety and punctuality up to the OEMs top management levels. Through regular in-person performance meetings and clear KPIs, we ensure our suppliers meet their customer commitments and exceed their own standards. This comprehensive approach is unique to CES in the industry.
  • We significantly amplify the likelihood of on-time deliveries through our dedicated and certified project management teams.
  • We maintain long-lasting relationships up to the highest organizational levels with all crane OEMs in the industry, including but not limited to ZPMC, Konecranes, Liebherr, Kuenz, MES and SANY.
  • Our word is our bond