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International heavy lift and transport service provider Mammoet helped lift a replica of a Space Shuttle onto a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at the NASA Space Center in Houston, USA

Trainers from Unic Cranes Europe, part of GGR Group, have been training and testing UK and overseas servicemen to work on mini spider cranes

Transport company Van der Vlist has helped transport a Fokker F27 display plane from Hoofdorp to Soesterberg, Netherlands

At the Red Bull Flugtag, held in Prague in September 2013, the Red Bull’s flying daredevils used a Unic URW-547 spider crane to help out

Australian crane rental company Universal Cranes used a Terex CC 2800-1 crawler crane to install 300 tonne units on Australian naval vessel HMAS Canberra

Upping its stake in the super heavy lifting erection tower market is Taegwang Heavy Industry Co (TGHI) with a 7,500 tonne capacity system

Crane rental company McLeod, based in New Zealand, used three Grove all terrain cranes to salvage a collapsed boom on a ship crane

Heavy lift and transport provider Bay Crane helped the Enterprise US Space Shuttle to complete its final journey to a museum in New York

Australian heavy lift and transport company Universal Cranes used a 600 tonne capacity Terex CC 2800-1 lattice boom crawler crane to install a communications antenna

UK based industrial services specialists Pyeroy has completed a contract to support the refurbishment of the 'SeaRose' floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

With a tight contract timeframe, UK rental company AFI-Uplift was able to supply booms so a luxury cruise liner could dock in the morning, be re-liveried with its new name and be ready to set sail on the evening tide.

Heavy lift and shipping specialist Jumbo has moved components of what is claimed as the world's largest Goliath type gantry crane from South Korea and Finland to Brazil for use in a shipyard

International heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet brought together a wide range of its capabilities, including heavy lifting with a pair of 1,350 tonne capacity crawler cranes, to unload a series of barges weighing more than 1,400 tonnes in the Netherlands. Sander Splinter, Mammoet Europe managing director, explained the project to Alex Dahm

International heavy lift and transport company ALE has completed one of the world's heaviest land moves of a vessel in Dubai, UAE

A decommissioned minesweeper was transported across Finland by Nurminen Logistics using a 680 hp four-axle MAN tractor and 10-axle Goldhofer modular trailer

CV International, representative of Instant UpRight, recently supplied the Alaska National Guard with a full wraparound system to carry out maintenance and inspections on its C-130 aircraft.

The world's sixth oldest ship has been fitted with a striking unicorn figurehead put in position from a Genie S45 boom lift supplied by UK rental company Nationwide Platforms.

The new 1,000 tonne capacity gantry crane at the Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland, UK, has been assembled and is undergoing load testing prior to starting work in September

Russian access dealer and rental company, LTECH-Lifting Technology, has supplied an Airo SF920 E 2E self-propelled electric scissor lift to the airline carrier Volga-Dnepr. Volga-Dnepr specialises in transporting oversize and heavy cargo.

Heavy transport and lifting company ALE based in the UK has been awarded its largest contract to date