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RTs from XCMG in Bahamian port
Fleet of five XCMG rough terrains at work in a yard on Grand Bahama Island in the Caribbean on ship maintenance duty
Green light for Kentucky aluminium plant
US firm Braidy Industries set to build US$1.3 billion facility to supply automotive and aerospace industries
Work starts on US$ 4.3 billion Saudi shipyard
South Korean construction firm begins joint venture project with state-run oil firm Saudi Aramco
Land to sea by Huationg Inland
Huationg Inland Transport, Malaysia, used 16 axle lines of Scheuerle-Kamag K25 transporter to move a 125 tonne vessel from drydock to the water's edge
Crane upgrade for A2Sea
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam in the Netherlands is upgrading the main crane and completing other work on A2Sea’s offshore wind turbine erection vessel Sea Installer
ALE completes aircraft carrier load-ins
International heavy lift and transport services company ALE has completed the final load-in operations for the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier project in the UK
Manitou supports airline maintenance
Thomas Cook Airlines at London Gatwick airport, UK, has taken delivery of a custom Manitou MRT 2540 telehandler to handle aircraft components and damaged parts
ALE and the HMS Prince of Wales
Heavy lift and specialized transport company ALE has completed skidding the forward section of an aircraft carrier for the HMS Prince of Wales in Rosyth Dockyard, UK
EIB loan for Norway airport expansion
Bergen airport to get third terminal to help traffic demand and improve passenger services
Ferry move by Caba
Turkish transport company Caba helped relocate the 52 metre, 400 tonne, Halas 71 passenger ferry at a port in Turkey
Water launch for Liebherr
Crane service provider Wiesbauer and lift and transport provider Hermann Paule in Germany used two Liebherr mobile cranes to help launch a 100 tonne ship hull into the water
Gertzen lifts the North Star
Crane service provider Gertzen, based in Germany, helped install the funnel casing and viewing gondola on Germany’s largest ever cruise ship, the Anthem of the Seas
Sarens lifts Boeing for Comair
Sarens South Africa lifted a Boeing 737-300 passenger aircraft for South African aviation company Comair
Space Shuttle lift for Mammoet
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
Unic mini cranes for military
Trainers from Unic Cranes Europe, part of GGR Group, have been training and testing UK and overseas servicemen to work on mini spider cranes
Van der Vlist in aircraft transport
Transport company Van der Vlist has helped transport a Fokker F27 display plane from Hoofdorp to Soesterberg, Netherlands
Red Bull’s flying daredevils use Unic mini crane
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
Universal Cranes on naval duty
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
TGHI pulls to 7,500 tonnes and 120 metres
Upping its stake in the super heavy lifting erection tower market is Taegwang Heavy Industry Co (TGHI) with a 7,500 tonne capacity system
McLeod recovers crane in NZ
Crane rental company McLeod, based in New Zealand, used three Grove all terrain cranes to salvage a collapsed boom on a ship crane
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