All Lifting Articles

UK-based King Lifting used a 130 tonne capacity all terrain crane to lift a ferry from the Serpentine river in Hyde Park, London

Breuer & Wasel in Germany used a Liebherr LR 1600/2 lattice boom crawler crane to lift a stator, the steel housing of a power generator, onto an inland waterway vessel headed for its original manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Expert rigging was imperative in the lifting and placement of a prefabricated main electrical building at an industrial site in the USA.

A Potain MCi 85 top-slewing tower crane is leading the construction on the US$67 million Wave 1st Silver Tower retail and office development in Noida, India

A temporary aluminium roadway by access specialist TPA Portable Roadways helped a 1,200 tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 telescopic mobile crane, belonging to Mammoet, to replace a cast iron footbridge over the East Coast Mainline at Newton Hall, UK

Dismantling a tower crane's counter jib, less than 1 m from the glass façade of the sixth and seventh floors of Jumeira's Wharf Tower 1 residential apartments in Dubai, called for precision lifts.

Energy-related applications continue to boost the fortunes of the crane industry overall, while other sectors are still flagging. Euan Youdale reports on an optimistic future

Hong Kong's first Liebherr LTR 1100 crawler crane has been delivered to rental specialist Chim Kee for work on a 30-storey twin-tower government housing project in Hung Hom

Maeda dealer Kranlyft UK volunteered to lift components at the world's largest dedicated helicopter museum in Weston Super Mare, UK

Zongyuan Construction Co. Ltd used a 3,200 tonne capacity Terex CC8800-1 Twin crawler crane to lift a power plant generator unit in China

A Unic URW-706 mini crawler crane was tasked with lifting a car from a UK canal last week after it had been pushed in by thieves

The first job for international heavy transport and lifting company ALE's new Terex CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane was a 1,457 tonne reactor lift in Sines, Portugal

French hoist manufacturer Verlinde is carrying out a joint project with specialist lifting company Jonach to build an innovative bridge lifting system in Argentina

The gates may have closed at Bauma for another three years, but the challenge to move heavy construction machinery out of the showground is now underway

Two Linden Comansa tower cranes are helping to build a 3,157 m long suspension bridge across the bay of Cádiz in Spain

Krandienst Lange in Germany used its Terex AC 350/6 wheeled mobile telescopic crane to assist in the dismantling of an old power plant

Morrow Equipment Company has supplied a Liebherr 630 EC-H 40 Litronic tower crane for work to the Ottawa Convention Centre, Ontario, Canada. With a 40 tonne lifting capacity, the saddle jib is thought to be the biggest tower crane in the city.

Milan Cathedral museum has taken delivery of a 2 tonne capacity Galizia G20 pick-and-carry cranes to load and handle works of art dating back to the 14th century. The Venranda Fabbrica Del Duomo Di Milano, the organisation responsible for the upkeep of the Cathedral and its nearby museum, will use the electric crane during the meuseum's two year refurbishment

Thai Obayashi is using two Liebherr luffing jib tower cranes to build a 33-storey tower block in Bangkok's central business district

Contractor Soletanche Bachy is using seven heavy duty cycle crawler cranes from Liebherr to help excavate deep slurry wall trenches at part of Singapore's new downtown uinderground Mass Rapid Transit Line (DTL)