Cranes news – Page 192

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    GAC Taiwan takes the weight to deliver power plant cargo

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - Wood Group appointed GAC Taiwan to handle the transport of 800 tonnes of turbine and generator parts nearly 500 km across Taiwan from Bade City to Kaoshiung port.

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    Caitlin Ann joins Donjon's growing fleet

    2011-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - New Jersey-based heavy lift crane barge and barge operator Donjon has added a 2400-HP-class tug, Caitlin Ann, to its growing fleet to support the company's dredging, marine salvage, bulk material transportation and marine demolition services.

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    ALE's AL.SK190 North American debut

    2011-08-09T00:00:00Z

    August 9 - A series of record-breaking lifts at an oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, USA has been undertaken by UK-based global heavy transport and lifting company ALE, using for the first time in North America its award-winning crane.

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    Alabama to host first training event on critical lifting and load handling

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - The Alabama State Port Authority is to host its first training event from December 7-9 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.

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    PCN recruits Noble Shipping as Pakistan member

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its second member in Pakistan.

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    ESTA marks RUD's ICE-CURT tensioner with safety award

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - The European Association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) placed German materials handling manufacture RUD's ICE-CURT tensioner in its safety category.

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    Sugar is sweet for ALE

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Global heavy lifting and transport company, ALE has successfully completed the transportation of two CO2 vessels to the UK's biggest sugar supplier, British Sugar. The 28 metre long vessels were required as part of a site upgrade at the firm's

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    Demag Cranes supplies more floating cranes for the Mississippi

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Gottwald Port Technology GmbH (Gottwald), a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG, has been awarded a contract to supply two more Floating Cranes to St. James Stevedoring Partners, Llc, Louisiana, USA, to enter service on the Mississippi river this aut

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    Vanguard transports and installs monoblock press

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Heavy lifting and plant relocation specialist, Vanguard, has handled the transport, rigging and installation of one of the largest monoblock blanking presses fabricated to date, for a leading South African steel supplier, Aveng Trident Steel.

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    Liebherr delivers dynamic duo to Schlamann Autokrane

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - The managing director of German crane operator Schlamann Autokrane travelled personally to take delivery of the latest additions to the company's crane fleet from manufacturer Liebherr-Werk Ehingen.

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    Auto B

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - The management of Auto B

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    Holmatro offers double acting skidding system

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - With the recent delivery of a double-acting skidding system, the Dutch company Holmatro, which produces a wide range of hydraulic items, is focusing on the development and production of complete, client-specific solutions in the field of heavy t

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    Amarcon supplies software package to two German lines

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Dutch-based freight industry software house Amarcon has supplied software to two German shipping lines, which has led managers to consider that the German heavy lift sector is strengthening.

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    W3G Marine and IHC Merwede work on new offshore vessel

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM's patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS)

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    Single-beam gantry crane is the perfect fit for Lafarge

    2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - For its Calgary Pipe operation, Lafarge North America has chosen the Shuttlelift SB 70 as the lifting solution.

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    Trains fly through Saint-Petersburg

    2011-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - Specialists from within the group of companies "Sea port of Saint-Petersburg" have successfully discharged Uzbekistan's first high speed train.

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    Terex helps what goes up to come down

    2011-07-20T00:00:00Z

    July 20 - A Terex CC6800 lattice boom crawler crane, owned by MAXIKraft Kran und Schwerlastlogistik GmbH, recently removed the rotor and nacelle of a 5 MW wind turbine working at a height of 90 m.

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    Chapman Freeborn's special sledge delivers cost savings

    2011-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - The latest of several large movements in recent weeks saw global aircraft charter specialist, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, coordinate the air transportation of a giant piece of oil and gas equipment from Malaysia to Congo to support offshore

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    Integrated Logistics expands on the double

    2011-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Terex Cranes delivered two RT 100 Rough Terrain cranes to Integrated Logistics of Kuwait for maintenance tasks in the petro-chemical and gas refinery sectors, writes Jamie May.