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Jumbo's new J-1800-class heavy lift vessel, Jumbo Jubilee, has been launched. The event took place at the Damen shipyard in Galatz, Romania, in November. The ship was named in honour of the company's 40th anniversary year and the 60th anniversary of its agent Kahn Scheepvaart

Although the well-documented credit squeeze began in 2007, crane manufacturers were seeing little sign of a slowdown in business with record sales across the board during most of 2008. By the beginning of the fourth quarter, however, there were real signs that 2009 could be a tough year. Euan Youdale reports

Axel Leijonhufvud has been appointed senior vice president, product supply, at Cargotec. He is now a member of the executive board and reports to Mikael Mäkinen, president and CEO

The 1,600 tonne capacity Terex Demag CC 9800 crawler crane is being launched this month (December) at the company's Zweibrücken factory in Germany

A new tower-type heavy lifting system from Hydrospex makes its debut early in 2009. A typical application will be erecting large vessels on replacement projects in refineries. Alex Dahm talked to Tjerko Jurgens, Hydrospex managing director, at the company's headquarters in the Netherlands

Duty-cycle crawler crane helps with the largest public works ever undertaken in Portland, Oregon, US.

Npower Renewables has been given the go-ahead for a 750 MW wind farm off the coast of North Wales in the UK. According to the UK government's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Gwynt y Môr wind farm will be the second largest offshore wind farm in the world.

Dredging giant Boskalis Westminster has abandoned its hostile takeover bid for towage, salvage and heavy transport company Smit International.

Vienna-based Haider Transporte has ordered five loader cranes from Austrian manufacturer Palfinger and plans to continue its expansion through the economic downturn

Cargotec is integrating its Hiab sales and service operations in the UK. Moffett Truck Mounted Forklift (TMF) sales and service functions, currently carried out by Moffett Ltd, will be integrated with those of parent company Hiab

December 2008

The shipbuilder Meyer Werft, in northern Germany, responded to the increasing demand for cruise liners by extending one of its fabrication halls by 120 m. It will now be able to assemble vessels that are 300 m long and more

Just 7 km west of the centre of Paris, on the banks of the river Seine, the former Renault factory has been derelict for over 15 years. Engineering consultants, CICAD, requested that all cranes used during the site's re-development be fitted with SMIE anti-collision and zoning systems.

Italy-based Fagioli has bought two Liebherr crawler cranes, a 750 tonne capacity LR 1750 and a 1,350 tonne LR 11350. Both models were ordered with a range of equipment to cover most applications.

Mammoet was awarded the contract to supply a PTC-DS, double stacked, super heavy lift crane to build one of the largest power stations in Europe, at Neurath in Germany

Manitowoc has appointed BLE as the dealer for its line of Potain self-erecting cranes in Belgium. The company is already the dealer for Grove mobile cranes in the country. The new arrangement began in July

The managing director of Ireland-based crane rental company Wm O' Brien Plant Hire has shared his experience of previous economic downturns in the hope it will help others through current conditions.

This year's Bauma China event is the most successful to date, according to the show's organisers, with over 113000 visitors - a +40% rise on the 80000 people who visited the last show in 2006.

The 4th Bauma China construction equipment exhibition, which is being held in Shanghai, China (25 to 28 November), has got off to a fantastic start with the number of visitors on the first day exceeding all expectations, according to the organisers.