Cranes news – Page 12
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NewsLiebherr LG 1800-1.0 lattice boom crawler crane to launch in 2024
Crane and heavy lift equipment manufacture Liebherr has launched its LG 1800-1.0 lattice boom crawler crane. The unit has been designed with the wind energy industry in mind, with an axle load of 10 tonnes a 3 m-wide chassis.
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NewsSilvasti wins Pahkakoski wind farm work
Wind energy developer Ilmatar has selected Ville Silvasti as its transport, crane and installation (TCI) contractor for the Pahkakoski wind farm, which is being constructed in Finland.
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NewsHinkley Point C dome lifted into place
Heavy lift and transport engineering specialist Sarens used its heavy lift crane, Big Carl, to place a 47 m-wide dome onto EDF’s Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building.
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NewsSarens assembles TBM in Egypt
Sarens has offloaded and assembled sections of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the construction of a metro station in Giza, Egypt, on behalf of its client Concord.
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NewsSchultze Steel Service adds Cometto MTH45 transport vehicles
Schultze Steel Service has added two Cometto MTH45 transport vehicles to its fleet to support the handling of steel coils at the Arcelor-Mittal factory in Bremen, Germany.
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NewsBig Carl lifts Hinkley polar crane into place
Sarens’ SGC-250 crane, named Big Carl, has lifted the 750-tonne polar crane into place at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in the UK.
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NewsSarens installs event structure for Ghent Jazz Festival
Earlier this year, Sarens installed a complex event structure for the Ghent Jazz Festival in Belgium, lifting preassembled frames for the main tent as well as other smaller marquees.
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NewsMamut Daru bolsters crane fleet
Hungarian crane company Mamut Daru has added a 450-tonne capacity LTM 1450-8.1 crane from Liebherr to its fleet.
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NewsSarens installs locks at the Radicatel quayside
Belgian heavy lift and transport engineering expert Sarens demonstrated its expertise when installing locks at the Radicatel quayside in Notre Dame de la Garenne, France.
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NewsHapo takes on Cadeler’s cranes
Netherlands-headquartered Hapo International Barges has purchased the 1,200-tonne capacity cranes that were formerly fitted onboard Cadeler’s Wind Orca and Wind Osprey installation vessels.
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NewsGemadept orders Gottwald ESP.6 MHC for Vietnam’s NDV port
Vietnamese port operator and logistics company Gemadept has ordered a Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald ESP.6 mobile harbor crane for the Nam Dinh Vu (NDV) port in Haiphong, northeastern Vietnam.
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NewsKnaack Krane erects Global Gate in Hamburg
The world’s largest mobile work of art – the Global Gate – has found its way to Hamburg. The construction, consisting of 37 shipping containers, has been on display in the port of Hamburg since mid-October.
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NewsLiebherr introduces the LTR 1150
Liebherr has expanded its range of telescopic crawler cranes with a 150-tonne capacity machine – the LTR 1150.
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NewsCargotec selects Niiranen to lead Kalmar
Finland’s Cargotec has appointed Sami Niiranen as president of Kalmar, effective May 2024 at the latest. Until then, current Cargotec president and ceo Casimir Lindholm will hold his interim position as Kalmar president.
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NewsPSG takes delivery of Grove rough-terrain crane
Scottish marine services company, PSG Marine & Logistics (PSG), has received the first Grove GRT8100-1 rough-terrain crane in the UK.
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NewsAinscough boosts projects division with Liebherr crawler
UK-based Ainscough Crane Hire has taken delivery of a Liebherr LR 1700 1.0 crawler crane at its Leyland depot.
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NewsTadano appoints Gee-Nyland as business leader
Crane manufacturer Tadano has appointed Lloyd Gee-Nyland as the business leader for the UK and Ireland.
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NewsBKL adds industrial assembly to service portfolio
Munich-based BKL has expanded its service offering to include industrial assembly, supplementing its lifting and transportation services.
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NewsPD Ports invests in crane simulator
The UK’s PD Ports has invested GBP400,000 (USD485,566) in a crane simulator at Tees Dock that can recreate high-risk scenarios.
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NewsBarnhart acquires Bollmeier Crane
USA-based Barnhart Crane and Rigging has acquired Madison, Illinois-based Bollmeier Crane, which provides rental services, equipment and associated personnel.