NASA completes milestone sky crane test
The United States’ space agency NASA has reached what it describes as a milestone point on its Mars 2020 rover mission thanks to the use of a sky crane. In … Read more
Day: October 23, 2019
Duo Demag mobile crane for Windhoist
Windhoist UK put two new Demag wheeled mobile cranes straight to work on a wind turbine erection project in Sweden. The AC 220-5 all terrains are the first two delivered … Read more
Liebherr crawler uses V-frame to lift bridge in Switzerland
A tricky bridge lift was made possible by crane owner Emil Egger in Switzerland using a special ballasting system on its Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane. It was the first … Read more
New STS port cranes for Mexico
A pair of Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) and three rubber-tyred gantries (RTG) cranes are destined for Mexico’s IPM Altamira terminal on the Gulf of Mexico, in the state of Tamaulipas. Cargotec’s … Read more
Mammoet’s Focus build begins
The first steel has been cut for the construction of the first unit of Mammoet’s heavy-lift Focus crane. Following the finalisation of structural engineering details and appointment of suitable subcontractors, … Read more