Manitowoc Cranes Profit Down Again
Net sales for the first quarter of 2015 at Manitowoc Cranes were US$406.7 million, down more than 10% from the $466.7 million in the first quarter of 2014. The USA-based … Read more
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Record Sales And Profit At Tadano For Second Year
Crane manufacturer Tadano posted a 12.3 % year-on-year increase in sales for its financial year ended 31 March 2015. Sales were JPY 204 billion (US$ 1.70 billion) against JPY 182 … Read more
Leggat Plant Take First Terex Explorer 5500 In UK
Glasgow-based rental company Leggat Plant has taken delivery of the first 130 tonne Terex Explorer 5500 All Terrain crane in the UK. The five axle 5500 features a 60 metre … Read more
Fatal Crawler Crane Accident In Hong Kong
Cranepedia has received some photos of a crawler crane accident that seems to have happened in Hong Kong. From the reaction from the workers on the ground, it seems that … Read more
LTM11000-9.1 (1,000t)
LTM11000-9.1 is a 9-axle all terrain crane with -outrigger that give a maximum outrigger bae of 13 x 13 metres. The outriggers remain on the carrier during transport so the … Read more
Tat Hong Sells Property At 18 Sungei Kadut Ave
Tat Hong has sold a 2.2 acre property it owned in Singapore, as part of its plans to raise cash and reduce costs. [quads id=1] Tat Hong has sold a … Read more
Liebherr Biberach Completed Acquisition Of Shriro’s Tower Crane Division In Hong Kong
Management staff from both Shriro group and Liebherr Tower Cranes after closing the deal. Liebherr Biberach has completed the acquisition of the Shriro tower crane division from the Shriro group … Read more
Kuwait’s Integrated Logistics Take Delivery Of 10 Units of Grove GMK4100L
Saleh Al-Huwaidi of Integrated Logistics (Left) with Manitowoc representative, Waleed Raouf and the new cranes behind. Kuwait’s largest crane rental company, Integrated Logistics has taken delivery of 10 new … Read more
Hitachi-Sumitomo debut SCX1000A-3 in Bauma 2013
Hitachi Sumitomo has launched their new 100 tonnes crawler crane, SCX1000A-3 in April 2013, which is to be marketed for the international market. The new crawler crane is designed based … Read more
Liebherr’s PowerBoom Technology – Increasing Long Boom And Jib Lift Capacities
Liebherr has unveiled its new PowerBoom technology in October 2011, which its use can significantly increases long boom and jib lift capacities, while using very few non-standard components. The PowerBoom … Read more
Eurogru builds the largest truck crane
Italian crane manufacturer Eurogru has launched a 300-tonne capacity 300.23 truck-mounted crane, its largest model to date. It is mounted on a five-axle Scania commercial truck and has a three-section … Read more
Zoomlion Launches the QAY800 All-Terrain Crane with the Strongest Lifting Performance
At last year’s Shanghai Bauma Exhibition, Zoomlion, a leading enterprise in China’s construction machinery industry, showcased a series of crane products, becoming a major highlight of the event. As the … Read more
Manitowoc MLC650 Successfully Completes VPC-MAX Testing And Upgraded To 700 Tonnes Capacity Class
Manitowoc MLC650 on testing field. The Manitowoc MLC650 crawler crane, featuring the industry-changing variable position counterweight (VPC), has successfully completed max load testing with the VPC-MAX attachment. The VPC-MAX attachment … Read more
Safety Time Out In Singapore To Check On Construction Sites Due To Recent Crane Accidents
Since the start of 2015, there has been 7 crane-related dangerous occurrences, compared to the 12 cases reported in 2014. WSH Council Crane Safety Taskforce, The Singapore Contractor Association Limited … Read more
Another Mobile Crane Tipped Off in Singapore
This was photos received yesterday that another unit of Tadano 5-axle all terrain crane has tipped to the right side. It was not known what has caused the accident but … Read more
Terex Warns About Counterfeit Cranes
Terex Crane has confirmed that counterfeit version of Terex crawler crane models originating from South Korea has been offered. It is the similar incident reports of 2013 from China, the … Read more
Singapore Suffered Multiple Crane Accidents in Two Consecutive Weeks
There were at least 5 major crane-related accidents that have occurred in Singapore for the past two weeks that has raised concerns over the safety of lifting operations performed. Singapore’s … Read more
Hitachi-Sumitomo to launch SCX800A-3 crawler crane
Hitachi-Sumitomo is preparing to launch is new 80 tonne SCX800A-3 crawler crane that comes with a low emission Tier IV power unit. The first two units have been ordered by … Read more
Ormet launched new line of Jekko mini cranes
Italian crane manufacturer Ormet has launched a new line of Jekko mini cranes. The product range extends from 1.45 tonnes to 7.5 tonnes capacity. New models includes Jekko SPX 424 … Read more
Bobcat to introduce new line of telehandlers.
Bobcat’s new TL358 (left) and TL35130S (right) telehandler. Bobcat is set to unveil a batch of new telehandlers geared towards rental industry during Intermat 2015 in Paris. The TL358 features … Read more
Manitowoc and Sennebogen into Agreement for Telescopic Crawler Cranes in North and South America
Grove GHC75 crawling onto a modular trailer. Source by Sennebogen. Starting in 2015, Sennebogen Maschinenfabrik Gmbh will produce a series of telescopic crawler cranes at the Straubing location in Lower … Read more
70 tonne Rough Terrain Crane Toppled in Myanmar
There was a source from Myanmar that a 70 tonne rough terrain crane, Kato SR700L has toppled outside of Sule Trader Square Construction site. No news about any injury during … Read more
Linden Comansa released 21LC335 Flat Top Tower Crane
Linden Comansa, a Spanish based tower crane manufacturer has yet to develop a new flat-top tower crane based on the success of the previous 21LC290 model. The 18 tonnes capacity … Read more
Dorman Long Technology’s MYQ5000 Jacking Tower System (5,000 tonnes) – Completed a 125% Overload Test of 6,250 tonnes
It has been a great moment on the 29th Dec 2014 where a 5,000 tonnes capacity jacking tower system for erecting refinery vessels was test a overwhelming overloading test using … Read more
Terex acquired 98 percent of the shares in China Joint Venture Topower.
Terex has acquired 98 precent of the shares in its Topower crawler crane joint venture in China and the company future move is major expansion plans and adding larger crawler … Read more
Terex debut Quadstar 1065 Rough Terrain Crane
Terex has released its latest model of rough terrain crane, Quadstar 1065. The 65-tonne capacity crane has a 32.4-metre main boom and is fitted with a new Terex cabin. The … Read more
Terex Crossover 6000 Boom Truck Crane (60 tonnes)
Texas-based Scott Macon Equipment tried out the new Crossover 6000 Boom Truck Crane. The Crossover 6000 was introduced in CONEXPO 2011 and later featured in ICUEE 2011. The 60 tonnes … Read more
Terex debut Quadstar 1100 Rough Terrain Crane
Terex rolled out its new 110-ton Quadstar 1100 rough terrain crane at Conexpo 2014 in Las Vegas. There was a soft launch in Europe in 2013 and though several has … Read more
Link-Belt ATC-3210 All Terrain Crane Unveiled at CONEXPO 2014
New Mexico-based company purchased the ATC-3210 in CONEXPO 2014. The crane was fuel and the photo show its arrival at Albuquerque Crane Service Location. This marks their seventh Link-Belt all … Read more
Bigge 1250 AFRD (6,803 ton / 7,500 US ton) – World’s Largest Land Crane Born
Bigge’s 1250 AFRD working in a nuclear power project. Photo by Bigge. Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. manufacturing the world’s largest capacity land crane which was deployed at multiple nuclear … Read more