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 [...]
Houston Port Authority orders four dockside electric container cranes for Barbours Cut Container Terminal Konecranes, the Finnish crane manufacture, will supply four dockside electric container cranes to Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal as part of the facility’s redevelopment, the Port [...]
Fuel costs continue to escalate for construction and industrial equipment owners, and to help increase fuel savings, Crane & Rigging Hot Line reports Bailey Cranes has rolled out a new line of battery- and hybrid-powered carry-deck cranes. The 18,000-lb. capacity [...]
Service Electric Company, (SEC), based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has enlisted a fleet of National Crane boom trucks to install 133 mi. of high-voltage transmission lines in the Texas panhandle. Chris Forsythe, western regional manager for SEC, said the versatility and [...]
Bigge has broken its sales record by moving 34 Terex rough terrain cranes in one week, hot on the heels of the BAUMA international construction exhibition in Munich, Germany. Bigge recently sent 20 new Terex RT780, RT555, and RT230 cranes [...]
Albuquerque-based Crane Service, Inc. has taken delivery of a new 250t capacity class Terex AC 250-1 all-terrain crane. Equipped with all available options, including offset hydraulic jib, it made its debut in Abilene, Texas, hoisting down a neon sign from [...]
Bath Iron Works, ME.-based company and a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation has been building warships for the U.S. Navy for 128 years. This past December, Bath Iron Works broke its own heaviest lift record using two Manitowoc 16000 crawler [...]
The SANY SCC8300 crawler crane has been certified for operation by the New York City Department of Buildings, a requirement for the crane to operate on any jobsite in the nation’s largest city. “This achievement opens the New York City [...]
The ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has acquired seven Liebherr cranes, including the new LTM 1750-9.1. This 900-ton all terrain crane, the second of its type to come to the United States, is a nine-axle, 18-wheel crane that was [...]
Global Cranes Sales has shipped its first RT100 unit worldwide, since its unveiling at Bauma China. The shipment of the unit to Southeast Asia precedes more scheduled to ship worldwide throughout 2013. The RT100, which has a 100 metric ton [...]
