Terex Port Solutions is to build a Gottwald Model 8 mobile harbour crane for long-standing customer Operadora de la Cuenca del Pacifico (OCUPA) for the Port of Manzanillo on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The G HMK 8410 variant will [...]
Nine out of twelve stadium construction projects for the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup are being conducted with help of Liebherr Cranes. For this event, which takes place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014, all host cities [...]
Latin America’s largest civil works project is the $5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, and expanding it to double its size is an international effort. At the center of the action are 14 Potain tower cranes and four Grove [...]
A Colombian contractor is using a single Liebherr 71 EC-B 5 flat-top crane in a free-standing climbing format to simultaneously erect four residential tower blocks at the Torres del Sol development in Bogota. Three of the blocks are directly adjacent [...]
Barrick Gold is sending several new Manitowoc crawler cranes and Grove rough-terrain cranes to work at the Pascua Lama mining operation. At the site, crane operators will work at extremely high altitudes in an open pit mining project in the [...]
Terex Cranes has announced the successful delivery of an additional six TFC 46M HC reach stackers to TECONDI (Terminal para Contêineres da Margem Direita) to operate in the Port of Santos, Brazil. Produced at the Terex Cranes facilities in Montceau-les-Mines, [...]
USA-based Manitowoc has presented the first crane from its new factory in Brazil. The 59 tonne capacity Grove RT765E-2 rough terrain crane was assembled in the Passo Fundo plant 60 days ahead of schedule, said the company. It was bought [...]
Crane and specialized transport specialist Bigge Crane and Rigging, headquartered in San Leandro, California, USA, is opening a branch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company is also forming a partnership with crawler crane manufacturer Kobelco to meet Latin American customer needs. “We’ve sold 200 [...]
Terex Cranes has built and delivered its first Brazilian built Rough Terrain crane, a 50 tonne capacity RT555. “We are excited about our continued commitment and investments in the Latin American market,” stated Steve Filipov, President of Terex Developing Markets. [...]
More than 400 people attended the inauguration of Manitowoc’s new factory in last week in Brazil. The facility is located in Passo Fundo and is the company’s first crane factory in Latin America. The factory will initially manufacture a range [...]
