Articles by Christian Shelton

Global expansion of wind turbine construction
Published on: 16 August, 2021
Cranes are high in demand with global growth of wind farms 
Versatile all terrain cranes assured of global prosperity
Published on: 19 July, 2021
Growing international interest in versatile all terrain cranes
IC Tower Index 2021 call for entries
Published on: 14 July, 2021
It is time to submit your entry for the 2021 IC Tower Index ranking of the world’s largest tower crane-owning companies
Environmental matters: How to become sustainable
Published on: 12 July, 2021
How to go green and have an environmentally friendly agenda
Deadline extended for 2021 Transport 50 listing
Published on: 07 July, 2021
Call for entries to ICST’s 2021 Transport 50 (T50) survey ranking the world’s largest specialized transport companies based on the total maximum carrying capacity of their specialized transport equipment fleet
Industry focus: Energy sector
Published on: 30 June, 2021
Covid-19 shapes changes in gas and oil market that affect the crane and transport sectors
Cometto claims strongest SPMT
Published on: 28 June, 2021
With a payload of 1,500 tonnes Cometto claims Eco1500 is strongest SPMT on the market 
The prosperous future of wind power transport
Published on: 21 June, 2021
Rush of global interest means a prosperous future for wind power transport
Global demand develops for specialist tower cranes
Published on: 21 June, 2021
Prestige projects results in surge for specialist tower cranes
Schmidbauer uses four Tadano all terrain cranes on one job site
Published on: 16 June, 2021
Klebl commissions crane and transport specialist Schmidbauer which chooses its Tadano all terrain cranes on construction project for Emuge-Franken
Machines are coming alive to rule future job sites
Published on: 14 June, 2021
Machines are coming alive to rule future job sites
Jones crawler crane at Medway Wharf Marina
Published on: 14 June, 2021
Built in 1973, this Jones crawler crane is still lifting boats in and out of the river Medway, Kent, UK
Over Projects and Platetrade transport brewery items
Published on: 11 June, 2021
18 shipments of Heineken brewery components carried out over a five-month period
Crosby clamps designed to avoid wind component damage
Published on: 11 June, 2021
Wind component marring minimised with Crosby vertical and horizontal lifting clamps, the company claims
German contractor uses three Wolffkran cranes on challenging job site
Published on: 10 June, 2021
Freundlieb Bauunternehmen selects high-capacity Wolff trolley jib tower cranes for Kaiserquartier build in Germany
Jumbo uses Lankhorst heavy lift slings for Yunlin offshore wind project
Published on: 09 June, 2021
80 transition pieces lifted by Jumbo from heavy lift vessel in the Taiwan Strait using heavy lift slings from Lankhorst
Truck cranes: Road to recovery
Published on: 07 June, 2021
High lifting capacity truck cranes are proving popular with multiple new model releases driving the market to recovery. Christian Shelton reports
Girder bridge debut in the Netherlands
Published on: 07 June, 2021
Wagenborg Nedlift uses Collett heavy load girder bridge to transport two transformers
New wind turbine transport system from Huisman
Published on: 04 June, 2021
Huisman launches Jones Act compliant feeder vessel with Motion Compensated Platform for safe transportation and lifting of wind turbine components
Mammoet transports 22 wind turbines in Norway
Published on: 04 June, 2021
A spectacular wind turbine transportation job carried out by Mammoet for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy in Norway
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