Cranes news – Page 92

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    PCN member updates

    2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) member representing Bangladesh, Bengal Electric, says it is close to finishing the construction of a 1,000-tonne capacity floating crane.

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    Prangl acquires PTK 1000

    2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Austrian heavy lift and transport specialist Prangl has acquired a nine-axle PTK 1000 all-terrain crane from Terex - which it claims is the world's most powerful road-going telescopic crane.

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    Heavy hammer leaves Hamburg

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - A Menck hydraulic pile-driving hammer has been transhipped at Wallmann & Co's terminal in the Port of Hamburg, read for delivery to the Burbo Bank wind farm off the coast of Liverpool, UK.

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    Mammoet in Goliath lift

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Mammoet has successful lifted a 120 m tall crane for its installation in the Port of Szczecin, Poland.

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    Plane sailing at Shannon Airport

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - After a 36-hour journey by sea from Shannon Airport to County Sligo, a decommissioned Boeing 767 has became one of the most unique cargo shipments ever to sail on Irish waters.

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    K-100 rope hits Middle East

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - A Grove RT880E has been the first crane in the Middle East to be fitted with Samson's innovative K-100 synthetic hoist rope.

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    OCTRA expanding in Montoir

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - The Montoir de Bretagne (St Nazaire) division of French transport engineering and project forwarding company OCTRA will undertake commercial and operational representation for two of the largest heavy transport and rigging operators in France.

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    Erickson to electrify Brucejack mine

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Rokstad Power has contracted Erickson for heavy lift delivery services to the Brucejack mine in Stewart, British Columbia, Canada, utilising its S64 Erickson Aircrane helicopter.

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    WCA Projects on cloud nine

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Nine members of the WCA Projects network have recently completed a number of complex project moves worldwide.

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    More movements for PCN

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Saudi Arabia, Paragon Saudi Services, has recently handled the transportation of a Liebherr 885 crane from Qahma to Jizan in Saudi Arabia and onwards to Dubai.

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    ALE concludes major wind energy project

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - ALE is close to finishing a major contract for the transportation, lifting and installation of 24 x 2.5 MW turbines on a project site in Khao Kho and another 30 x 2.5 MW turbines at Watabak, Thailand.

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    Armitt in at Thamesport

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - UK shipping agent and specialist logistics company, The Armitt Group, has signed a long term agreement to build a 120,000 sq ft (11,148 sq m) multimodal terminal at London Thamesport with the port's owners Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group.

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    Modern Cranes buys Grove unit

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - Modern Cranes, a crane rental company based in Hyderabad, India, has expanded its crane fleet with its biggest acquisition yet - a Grove GMK6300L.

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    Manitowoc partners with TRT

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Manitowoc Cranes has joined forces with New Zealand based Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) to provide crane service and support to customers in Australia.

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    Johnson forms renewables division

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Johnson Crane Hire has established Johnson Renew, which will focus on the growth of the company's work in the renewable energy industry.

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    Huge cranes arrive in Liverpool

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - The first six cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes have arrived at Peel Ports' Liverpool2 deepwater container terminal from Nantong China on board the semi-submersible vessel Zhen Hua 25.

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    Ideal order for Liebherr

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Ideal Crane has acquired a 300-tonne capacity LR 1300SX lattice boom crawler crane and a 100-tonne capacity LTR 1100 telescopic crawler crane from Liebherr.

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    Crane issues discussed at ICSA

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Industry representatives gathered for the 2016 meeting of the International Crane Stakeholder Assembly (ICSA) at the Novotel Munchen Messe in Munich, Germany on April 13, 2016.

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    High brings crane back

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - High Logistics has shipped crane parts back to the USA from Lithuania on a Hapag-Lloyd ship after the machine was used in the disassembly of the Ignalina nuclear power plant.

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    Tanks move through Hamburg

    2016-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - Two out-of-gauge tanks manufactured by Chart Ferox have been shipped through the Wallmann terminal in Hamburg.