Top Stories
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Modulift warns against fake parts
International lifting gear specialist Modulift Group, has issued a safety warning regarding the use of counterfeit spreader beam elements ...more
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ACT Sourcebook 2012 now available
The ACT 2012 Sourcebook features comprehensive data about crane, rigging and transportation equipment, products and services available in North Americ ...more
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Crane sales up 40% at Manitowoc
Manitowoc's fourth quarter 2011 net sales in its crane segment were up nearly 40% to US$687.6 million from $491.4 million in the fourth quarter of 201 ...more
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Sany SAC12000 completes turbine installation
In China a range topping 1,000 tonne class telescopic boom wheeled mobile crane from Sany was used to install a 2 MW wind turbine tower and nacelle ...more
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Shore to ship installation
Ainscough Crane Hire was contracted to lift a helideck onto Seajacks' Kraken vessel at Falmouth docks in the UK ...more
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Southern Industrial Constructors acquired
US contractor Southern Industrial Constructors has been acquired by EMCOR Group for an undisclosed sum ...more
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Grove first at Hiap Tong
Hiap Tong has taken delivery of Singapore's first Manitowoc Grove GMK6300L all terrain crane ...more
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Senior appointments at Manitowoc
Jens Ennen has been named as Manitowoc's new senior vice president of engineering and innovation, while Kevin Blaney has taken the role of director of ...more
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Barnhart and Goldhofer debut WesTrac system
Barnhart Crane & Rigging has added WesTrac Transportation System to its equipment inventory. ...more
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Olympic Dam deal for Boom
Boom Logistics (Boom) has won a five year contract to provide crane services to to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam operation in South Australia, 550 km nor ...more
Equipment News
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Messenger is a new OEM solution
Antx has released the Messenger, an industrial monitoring system that combines, GPS, GSM, CDMA cellular or satellite modem, controller area network (C ...more
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New Liebherr taxi crane
Liebherr unveiled a new 150 tonne capacity, six-axle all terrain crane at the SMOPyC exhibition in Spain in late April. ...more
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New Kalmar Autoshuttle
Kalmar has launched the Kalmar Autoshuttle, an automated self-loading vehicle able to pick, place and transport containers between ship-to-shore (STS) ...more
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Fuel saving device from Kalmar
Kalmar Industries, part of the Cargotec Corporation, has introduced the world's first hybrid drive system that can be attached to a straddle carrier, ...more
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High capacity handling
Bromma is about to deliver the first unit of its Tandem Quattro high-capacity crane spreader to the APM Terminal, a port in Algeciras, Spain. It is ca ...more
Project News
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Franz Bracht 450 tonne transformer lift
German crane rental company Franz Bracht Kranvermietung has expanded its construction and wind power assembly capabilities with a new 600 tonne capaci ...more
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First wind turbine transition piece installed by DP2 vessel
Jumbo Offshore's engineers and the crew of DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin have successfully installed their first wind turbine transition piece (TP), off th ...more
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Steder relocates
Steder Group, based in the Netherlands, was contracted to relocate heavy construction machinery from Jebel Ali, Dubai to Beverwijk in the Netherlands ...more
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Largest Potain in Indonesia
The largest Potain tower crane ever erected in Indonesia, an MD 1100, has been put to work at a shipyard in Medan, North Sumatra ...more
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New Sao Paulo bridge
Brazil-based contractor Camargo Correa is building the country's largest single-line pre-stressed cable-stayed bridge with the help of a Liebherr towe ...more
Other News
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Liebherr tests PowerBoom
Liebherr has begun testing its new PowerBoom on its 3,000 metric ton LR 13000 crawler crane ...more
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Enter the SC&RA Jobs of the Year contest
SC&RA is calling for entries into its annual Jobs of the Year Awards contest ...more
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Ennen named Manitowoc SVP of engineering and innovation
Jens Ennen is the new senior vice president of engineering and innovation for Manitowoc Cranes ...more
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Reflagging by Maersk Line Limited
Maersk Line Limited completed the reflagging under the United States registry of Maersk Illinois, its newest multipurpose heavy-lift vessel. ...more
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SC&RA webinar on transportation, permititng and regulatory issues
Doug Ball, SC&RA vice president-transportation, will answer some of the most common questions the association receives from members and industry profe ...more
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