Mammoet wins third Methanex plant
Mammoet has been awarded a heavy haul and levee crossing contract as part of the construction of Geismar 3 methanol plant, owned by Canadian methanol producer Methanex. Geismar 3 will … Read more
USA
Gottwald Mobile harbour crane arrive in Brownsville
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. … Read more
Barnhart purchases Viant Crane
Tennessee, USA-based lifting, heavy rigging, and heavy hauling specialist Barnhart Crane and Rigging has announced it is to acquire Viant Crane. Viant provides crane, rigging, logistics and transport services to … Read more
Boom truck crane overturned in New Jersey
A boom truck crane overturned onto a house while removing a tree from the back yard of the property in Hamilton Township, near Trenton, New Jersey on Friday. The crane, … Read more
Jay Shiffler: 1952 – 2019
Peacefully and surrounded by his loving family, Jay Kendall Shiffler passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019. He was 67. His Life Story Jay was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on … Read more
Danny Reid Joins CraneWorks Houston Team as General Manager
Houston, TX – December 11, 2019 – CraneWorks, Inc. continues its string of high-profile hires, welcoming Danny Reid as the Houston headquarters’ new General Manager. Reid will oversee all operations … Read more
Mammoet awarded heavy lift for Texas refinery
Mammoet announced it has been awarded the heavy lift and transport scope for a Beaumont, Texas refinery expansion planned to increase crude refining capacity by more than 250,000 barrels per … Read more
Board changes at Terex
Terex Corporation in the USA has changed the composition of its board of directors. The announcement comes ahead of the release of third-quarter 2019 financial results on 31 October. Brian … Read more
Manitowoc wins bid to provide all-terrain to US Army
Manitowoc will supply the Army with specially outfitted cranes over the next 15 months. The Army chose the cranes for their high capacity, strong load chart at long radii and … Read more
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
Bishop Lifting acquires Western Sling & Supply
Lifting equipment specialist Bishop Lifting Products has completed the acquisition of Western Sling & Supply Company in the USA. Western Sling & Supply Company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and … Read more
Lampson lifts concrete beams for Duportail Bridge
Lampson partnered with Apollo Inc. to plan and execute the lift and placement of the Duportail Bridge spans. The Lampson Transi-Lift LTL-1000 with 380 feet boom and 1,600 kips of … Read more
Superior Cranes buy Demag CC6800-1
North Carolina, USA-based crane and rigging services supplier Superior Cranes has bought a 1,250 tonne (1,375 ton) capacity Demag CC 6800-1 crawler crane. It is now the largest crane in … Read more
US Vice President Mike Pence visits Manitowoc, urges Congress to ratify USMCA
United States Vice President Mike Pence addressed more than 1,000 Manitowoc employees at an event hosted by the company at its manufacturing facility in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania. The Vice President … Read more
Davis Motor Crane Service uses Link-Belts on Texrail job
USA crane contractor Davis Motor Crane Service, based in Irving, Texas, has carried out a bridge beam placement job for construction joint-venture Archer Western – Herzog. The work is part … Read more
Mammoet reaches new height at Lotte Chemical in Louisiana
Source: KHL March 12 – Mammoet has recently completed a series of heavy lifting activities at Lotte Chemical’s monoethylene glycol (MEG) project in Louisiana, USA. They have utilised its largest crane, … Read more