Sarens is pleased to be involved in the Neptune Terminals expansion project at the Port of Vancouver. Neptune Terminals, which bulk ships Canadian commodities to global markets, is improving its rail-based system to quadruple its annual coal export capacity. Since late 2018, Sarens has been working on the expansion project on behalf of its client,
Port and overhead manufacturer Konecranes has acquired the remaining 50 per cent of its overhead/industrial crane joint venture, MHE-Demag, for approximately €147 million. Established as a joint venture between Demag Cranes and Jebsen & Jessen in 1986, Singapore based MHE-Demag provides industrial cranes, hoists and services throughout Southeast Asia under the MHE and Demag brands.
The Caldwell Group has designed and manufactured a customised 46-tonne capacity lifting beam for the latest phase of the wharf modernisation at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. Equipped with two wire rope slings, the model 24S-46t-315 adjustable lifting beam will be used to lift a total of 20 wharf frames, the lightest of
The Brownsville Navigation District ordered the Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 mobile harbour cranes in June 2019 to increase the port’s on-dock lifting capacity due to higher demands of cargo volumes. BBC Chartering’s multipurpose BBC Asia has helped to deliver the crane to the port in Texas. “These cranes are one of the latest investments by
Climate change can also be felt in the cities, which is why more and more public institutions in the city centre are operating a district cooling network. It provides cool air in buildings and uses natural cold sources such as groundwater or sewage. At the Mouton Duvernet metro station, a hub of the French transport
Sales and service partner IBS Industrie- u. Baumaschinen Service GmbH once again delivered a Sennebogen duty cycle crane to the customer Karl Mossandl GmbH & Co. The Lower Bavarian company uses the 655 E to extract gravel and empty the immersion basin. Karl Mossandl GmbH & Co. is a company active in the field of
14,400 kilometres, 53 days and 4 different ships: it took a few strokes of logistical genius to transport a mobile crane to its destination on Earth’s southernmost continent. This is how it all began. It’s December, 21st 2017. Three days before the Christmas holiday, Schmidbauer, a system service provider of crane technologies, receives an order
UK crane rental firm Ainscough Crane Hire has extended its fleet with the addition of a Liebherr MK140 mobile tower crane. The five-axle model has a maximum lifting capacity of eight tonnes and a maximum radius of 65 metres, at which it can lift 1.9 tonnes. Along with the crane, Liebherr provided training for 40
Specialist rental company SECH is using its Kobelco CKE3000G crawler crane on its first major lifting and foundations contract in Portsmouth Harbour, having arrived at the site by barge in November. It is the largest Kobelco CKE series crawler working in Europe, the Japanese manufacturer said. The Knights Brown project is a £19 million (US$
Orders of this magnitude are far from normal in the crane industry. Felbermayr from Wels, Austria, has ordered ten Demag® AC 45 City cranes, the first two of which have now been delivered. “In our opinion, the Demag AC 45 City is a good choice in many areas,” says the crane department at Felbermayr, explaining
Crane Concept BV is now the first crane service provider in the Netherlands to have put a Demag® AC 45 City into operation. And all while managing to couple that with another first: “We delivered the first full-equipment Demag AC 45 City in the world to ever have a second winch and runner to Crane
Albrecht Autokran GbR based in Etting, Bavaria, has decided to buy a Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 mobile crane. Its 48-metre telescopic boom enables the crane to be more economical for jobs requiring great hoist heights. Main criteria behind the decision – long telescopic boom, innovative technology and high levels of comfort New customer – the first
North Germany-based crane and heavy haulage contractor Wille Krane GmbH has expanded its fleet with a Liebherr LTM 1450-8.1 mobile crane. The new 450-tonne crane will replace an LTM 1350-6.1 and is now the largest crane in the company’s fleet. The 85-metre telescopic boom, fast set-up and high flexibility in use were major criteria behind
After the “separation” with Demag cranes, Terex Cranes are now focusing on its own line of products range for the North American market. A rough-terrain and tower crane will make its appearance at ConExpo 2020. New 80 US ton Rough Terrain The new Terex rough-terrain TRT 80US is an 80 USt max capacity crane with