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Bigge launches AFRD super heavy lift crane
US lifting and transport company Bigge has unveiled what it claims is the world's greatest super crane
Kobelco crawlers for Mammoet
Mammoet has ordered nine 250 tonne capacity Kobelco CKE2500-2 crawler cranes in recent months, according to the manufacturer
Wind aquisitions and expansion at Makro
Crane services company Makro, based in Brazil, is acquiring a range of mobile telescopic and crawler cranes, with wind energy being a major focus
South America sees huge growth for the crane industry
South America has not been affected by the global financial crisis to the same extent as many other world regions and prospects for crane users are escalating
Gottwald harbour crane undergoes performance test
Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL), India, has completed the performance trial of its new Gottwald G HMK 6407 B mobile harbour crane in continuous-duty coal handling
Favco to launch new luffing giant
Favelle Favco is building its largest offshore crane to date, the model PC1000. The luffing jib crane has a maximum capacity of 1,000 tonnes at 22 m radius
Australian auction nears
Huntingdale Cranes will hold an Australian crane auction on Thursday (5 August 2010)
Unique National Crane for Locke Crane Services
A CAT 574 forwarder, a type of forestry machine designed to operate in extremely rough terrain, was modified to carry a National Crane 800D.
Overload testing completed for new Manitowoc 31000
Manitowoc has completed required overload testing for its new Model 31000
Ritchie Bros 900 cranes auction record
Industrial equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has set a company record by selling 918 cranes between January and June 2010
Palfinger moves in marine sector
Austria-based Palfinger Group has acquired a 75% stake in Dutch company Ned-Deck Marine and is planning another acquisition in the sector
Kobelco to build crawler cranes in India
Japanese crane manufacturer Kobelco Cranes will build crawler cranes in India at a new factory opening in Chennai in 2011
Sennebogen dealership for Australia-based Pace Cranes
Pace Cranes, headquartered in New South Wales, Australia has become distributor for Sennebogen in the country, as well as New Zealand
Six axle all terrain crane ranges have been updated across the manufacturers
Manufacturers of wheeled mobile telescopic all terrain type cranes have been updating their ranges of six-axle machines over the last three years
Senn puts 1,200 tonner to work
On 10 June 2010 Swiss rental company Senn tried out its new 1,200 tonne capacity Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 telescopic mobile crane for the first time
ALE building second 4,300 tonner
A second 4,300 tonne capacity AL.SK190 super heavy lift crane will be part of international heavy transport and lifting company ALE's latest fleet expansion programme
Sany's 1,600 tonne crawler crane
The first unit of Sany's new 1,600 tonne capacity lattice boom crawler crane is due to start work in early 2011
Dockside cranes are more economical and environmentally sound
Experiences in the wider crane industry are shared by manufacturers of dockside cranes, including demand for more economical and more environmentally sound machines.
CPA grows Terex fleet
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) in Bangladesh is adding to its fleet of six rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes supplied by Noell Crane Systems. The authority has ordered six diesel-electric straddle carriers from Italy-based Terex Noell
Quayside tracking
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
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