On the construction site of Colombo Lotus TV Tower, Sri Lanka’s first one, XCMG’s cranes were busy with orderly operations of extending arm, hoisting and rotating in a smooth and brilliant way. As the first overseas TV tower project designed [...]
Autogru Rigo few years ago introduced on the crane market a 50 metric tons capacity rough-terrain crane, called RT 500, with 35 meter boom length. This mobile crane acquired many modern technical features from its predecessors either in the rough-terrain [...]
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a new contract for one 120-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) MacGregor offshore crane and two 10-tonne offshore cranes from South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The cranes will be installed on a new 123m [...]
Russia’s biggest construction equipment show will take place at Moscow’s Crocus Expo Centre from June 4th to 8th 2013. Spain based Linden Comansa and its dealer Bashkransnab will participate together in this event, exhibiting at their booth (F-5/9) a Flat-Top [...]
A Terex AC 1000 was recently utilized by Austrian crane service provider Felbermayr to lift gigantic pipes inside the cooling tower of a unit at the Šoštanj power plant in Slovenia. The conditions that awaited project team at the site [...]
With ‘Liebherr Simulations’ (LiSIM®) a maritime crane simulator has been launched to provide a cost-effective and highly efficient crane operator training solution. Based on original software and hardware, the Liebherr simulators increase port safety and productivity by providing a cost-effective [...]
Manitowoc introduced the latest Potain topless tower crane built at its facility in Porto, Portugal. The 8 t capacity Potain MCT 178 was introduced to customers during an event at the Manitowoc facility in Porto. The crane’s features include improved [...]
Italian crane manufacturer Galizia has sold its first GF400 battery-electric pick and carry crane. The sale was made during the Bauma construction equipment exhibition in Munich, Germany, in April 2013. The GF400 has a capacity of 40 tonnes, a compact [...]
With help from two Terex CC2800-1 crawler cranes, developer RPM Access (RPMA), LLC recently completed the Hawkeye Wind Farm project in rural Fayette County, Iowa. Hawkeye’s 15 wind turbines generate enough power to provide for the needs of more than [...]
Manufacturer Liebherr has unveiled the new LR 11000 crawler crane at Bauma 2013. The LR 11000 has a 1,000 tonne lifting capacity, a maximum lifting height of 222 metres and a maximum radius of 160 metres. The new crawler crane [...]
