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With more than ten 800 tonne Liebherr crawler cranes delivered across Europe, North America and Asia, all of the models are suitable for a variety of heavy-lift applications. The crawlers … Read more
With more than ten 800 tonne Liebherr crawler cranes delivered across Europe, North America and Asia, all of the models are suitable for a variety of heavy-lift applications. The crawlers … Read more
UK-based rental company Marsden Crane Services has taken delivery of a 40 tonne Liebherr LTM 1040-2.1 All Terrain crane with a second unit to follow early next year. The two-axle … Read more
US-based crane group Manitowoc has reported a relatively positive third quarter pick up. Starting with the nine months to the end of September total revenues were 26 percent below that … Read more
American crane specialist Buckner Heavy Lift Cranes has now demonstrated that the work can be carried out more quickly, more easily and more economically – with one hoist rather than … Read more
Recently, leading pile driving specialist and close client MENCK entrusted Blue Water Shipping with the transport and assembly of a 187 tons heavy hydraulic hammer and the 175 tons heavy … Read more
LTM 1130-5.1 has been a popular model for Liebherr, which they have manufactured around 1,500 units. Liebherr has now unveiled the successor to the popular model – LTM 1150-5.3. With … Read more
Painted in the signature black and red livery colours, the first ever Liebherr LTM1650-8.1 has left Liebherr’s Ehingen plant, going to Dutch global crane and heavy haulage contractor, Mammoet. The … Read more
After more than a year Tadano has acquired Demag from Terex, the Japanese crane manufacturer has filed to protect its entire German operations from bankruptcy to enable restructuring. Demag was … Read more
In July this year, Japan’s Aichi Prefecture crane rental company, MIC Co., Ltd, has took delivery of its fourth Demag CC8800-1 crawler crane. With this order, MIC has the distinct … Read more
Italian mini crane manufacturer Jekko has completed yet another milestone with the delivery of their 2000th crane, a new SPX650 mini crane to its new dealer ATN Platforms at the … Read more
Mammoet has gone into a partnership with Verton Australia to introduce Verton load control equipment to Mammoet’s existing network of clients. this is a step between the two companies to … Read more
It was reported by various Japanese media that a crane accident has happened in Fukuoka on 12th September during noon time. The crane operator has succumbed to his injuries and … Read more
In early July, three 168-tonne, 58-metre long steel girders were installed over the River Lippe using two units of 500-tonne mobile crane. This was to replace the bridge over the … Read more
Mobile crane hire and contract lifting specialist John Sutch Cranes is the first Manitowoc customer in the UK to receive its new Grove GMK5200-1 all-terrain crane. Attracted by the GMK5200-1 … Read more
Davis Company leads Potain innovation once again with the first Hup M 28-22 self-erecting tower crane in North America. At the forefront for the second time, Davis Company introduced the … Read more
The company Gebr. Van ‘t Hek B.V. recently started to operate with one of the first new Sennebogen 6100 E duty cycle cranes. A real premiere in the Netherlands! The … Read more
The project is the first that the innovative crawler mounted Hup C 40-30 self-erecting cranes have been used on. The compact dimensions of the Hup C 40-30 mean ease-of-transportation and … Read more
Germany’s IAA Commercial Vehicles 2020 exhibition has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was to be held in Hannover from 24 to 30 September. IAA Commercial Vehicles is … Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the first oil platform decommissioning project with its Sleipnir offshore lifting vessel. Until now the world’s largest offshore lifting vessel has been used for installation … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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 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 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