Heavy-duty cranes – Page 8
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NewsESTA moves forward with ECTOL scheme
Klaus Meissner has been named the chair of ESTA’s European Crane and Transport Operators Licence (ECTOL) as the association moves forward with the scheme.
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NewsKoole Contractors adds sheerleg capacity
Koole Contractors has expanded its fleet with a multi-functional floating sheerleg – Koole Lift 400.
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NewsTadano to close its Wallerscheid facility
Crane manufacturer Tadano is closing its manufacturing facility in Wallerscheid, Germany.
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NewsBarnhart solidifies footing in upper Midwest with CR Holland acquisition
Barnhart Crane and Rigging has purchased CR Holland Crane Service of Forest City, Iowa.
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NewsChampioning safety with #GLAD2024
The fifth Global Lifting Awareness Day — #GLAD2024 — will take place on Thursday July 18.
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NewsPort Canaveral boosts heavy lift capability with Liebherr LHM 600 Evo 6
US West Coast gateway Port Canaveral has added a second mobile harbour crane to its roster, an LHM 600 Evo 6, allowing it to handle a wider range of cargoes.
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NewsWagenborg Nedlift orders hybrid XCA60_EV telescopic crane
The Netherlands-headquartered Wagenborg Nedlift has ordered a hybrid-powered 60-tonne mobile telescopic crane from China’s XCMG.
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NewsGruas y Maniobras del Bajio takes delivery of 700-tonne Liebherr crane
Mexico-based crane and transport company Gruas y Maniobras del Bajio has taken delivery of a 700-tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane.
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NewsBarnhart acquires Baxter Crane and Rigging
USA-headquartered Barnhart Crane and Rigging has purchased Tupelo, Mississippi-based Baxter Crane and Rigging – its second acquisition of 2024.
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NewsAl Faris lifts prefabricated deck in the UAE
Al Faris Group has lifted a prefabricated top deck, weighing 175 tonnes, at the Hamriyah Free Zone in the UAE.
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NewsMarr reaches Kangaroo Point Green Bridge milestone
Marr Contracting’s M2480D tower crane has installed the final piece of the 95 m-tall mast centrepiece of the Kangaroo Point Green Bridge in Brisbane, Australia.
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NewsBarnhart continues its acquisition spree
USA-headquartered Barnhart Crane and Rigging has acquired South Carolina-based White Crane, which will become the company’s second branch in the state and marks its fourth acquisition in the past eight months.
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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.