4th Liebherr LR13000 for Titan-2
Russian company Titan-2 has bought their fourth 3,000-tonne capacity Liebherr LR 13000 lattice boom crawler crane. Liebherr claims it as the most powerful conventional crawler crane in the world. Family … Read more
Liebherr ruled out design or production error on HLC 295000
The offshore crane HLC 295000 has suffered a major setback when a serious accident occurred during a overload test, resulting in two injured persons having to be taken to hospital … Read more
Gigantic Liebherr HLC 295000 collapsed during load testing
Offshore heavy lift wind installation vessel Orion’s new 5,000 tonne Liebherr crane collapsed during load testing on Saturday 2 May. Two people were hospitalised and 10 were treated on site … Read more
Largest grapple saw crane in America
Advanced Land Management and Tree Removal (ALM) claims to have taken delivery of the largest grapplesaw loader crane in North America from sales company Grapplesaw Trucks. Based on a PM … Read more
Palfinger down in Q1
A decline in sales has been posted by Palfinger, a leading manufacturer of hydraulic cranes, aerial work platforms and materials handling equipment. It is the first decline reported by the … Read more
Tadano Demag restart production
Crane manufacturing will start again in Germany at the Tadano Demag factories in Lauf and Zweibrucken on 4 May. The production schedule will be adjusted to accommodate the fact that … Read more
Sarens pipelay in France
Sarens was commissioned by the client DFI to lift and place the 290m long heating pipeline in Normandy, France. This precision operation involved 9 cranes and careful execution by everyone … Read more
All Crane Shared Equipment Program
ALL Family of Companies announces its Shared Equipment Program (SEP), a new approach to equipment rental that can shave millions of dollars and many months off construction projects. Today’s construction … Read more
CSBC-DEME JV to Build ‘Green Jade’ in Taiwan
In an industry milestone, joint venture CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has initiated the early works contract for the very first floating heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. … Read more
Mammoet maintains Whitla Wind 1
Mammoet utilised its CC2400 crawler crane to replace a 38-tonne tonne gearbox at the Whitla Wind 1 wind farm in Southern Alberta, Canada. High winds and sub-zero temperatures made the … Read more
ZPMC delivers to RWG
ZPMC has delivered two deepsea quay cranes to the Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) terminal in the Netherlands onboard its heavy lift vessel Zhen Hua 26. The cranes arrived at the … Read more
Omega Morgan completes wind turbine move
Omega Morgan, in partnership with Texas-based Lone Star Trucking, has transported components for 38 Vestas wind turbines in Washington, USA. A total of 380 components needed to be moved from … Read more
Bridge gives way under the crane
A crawler crane working on a bridge job in Alabama overturned on Last Tuesday after an old or temporary bridge it was working from collapsed under its weight Vertikal.net understand … Read more
First GMK5250XL-1 in Germany
German crane rental company BKL Baukran Logistik has taken delivery of the first five axle 250 tonne Grove GMK5250XL-1 All Terrain crane to be delivered in Germany. Ordered at its … Read more
First LR1750 SX for Turkey
Turkish heavy lift and transport company Sarilar has taken delivery of the first 750 tonne LR 1750/2 crawler crane in Turkey equipped with the SX2 boom booster system. Available for … Read more
Final touch on Liebherr’s largest crane – HLC 295000
Liebherr, one of the world’s largest crane manufacturer is putting the final touches to is 5,000 tonne HLC 295000 heavy lift marine crane , its largest crane to date. Commissioned … Read more
Crane in the Canal
A three axle All Terrain crane overturned into a canal in northern Germany on Monday when the bank gave way. The crane – likely a Liebherr LTC 1045/LTC 1050 – … Read more
Kanoo to distribute Spierings
Spierings has appointed Kanoo Cranes as distributor for its self-erecting mobile tower cranes in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain. The company will be responsible for all sales, replacement … Read more
Ainscough Crane Hire on COVID-19
UK mobile crane rental company Ainscough Crane Hire has been given Key Worker status for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) assets, including National Grid, Network Rail, Cadent Gas, and United Utilities. … Read more
A tree takes another crane
A truck crane overturned on 25th March while removing tree limbs from the rear of a house in Woburn, on the north side of Boston Massachusetts. There is few details … Read more
Wim Sarens on COVID-19
Sarens said the great majority of its projects worldwide were still open and that it hoped to see restrictions on other sites being lifted, as has happened on its Chinese … Read more
Tadano merges all European sales
Tadano has confirmed that the European Demag and Tadano sales operations will merge as part of its “One Tadano” business strategy for the region. The move follows the integration of … Read more
COVID-19 to wipe 4% off construction equipment production
Factory closures and national lockdowns around the world will cost the global construction equipment industry lost production of 43,000 machines this year, according to specialist market research and forecasting company … Read more
Another record year for Liebherr
Liebherr has posted another year of record revenues, with group sales increasing 11.4 percent to €11.75 billion, at the same time pre-tax profits jumped 45.5 percent to €748 million. The … Read more
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. celebrates 50 years as Grove dealer at CONEXPO 2020
To mark five successful decades as a Grove dealer in Northern Minnesota, Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) joined Manitowoc staff at the manufacturer’s booth at CONEXPO 2020. RMS’s Jon … Read more
Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority receive Grove training in Italy
The week-long training at Manitowoc’s factory in Niella Tanaro, Italy, covered basic repairs, troubleshooting and proactive maintenance. The training centred on the Grove RT530E-2, which is one of the bestselling … Read more
Circle 8 Crane Services celebrates its 100th Manitowoc crane at CONEXPO 2020
Eleven years after purchasing its first Manitowoc crane, Circle 8 Crane Services celebrated the 100th addition to its fleet. The Grove GMK5200-1, which is expected to be delivered in the … Read more
Tower cranes safety during coronavirus
Safety advice has been issued by the Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) on how to safely leave tower cranes out of service, potentially for several months, due to the coronavirus. The … Read more
Liebherr on Coronavirus
Crane and construction equipment manufacturer Liebherr has issued a statement in response to the impact of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. “All Liebherr companies worldwide are reacting flexibly according to … Read more
Containership Struck Multiple STS Gantry Crane in Busan
A major accident was caught on camera today at the Port of Busan today when a containership struck multiple shoreside gantry cranes and another ship while berthing. The video shows … Read more