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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

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

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

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.

A luffing jib Wolff tower crane will be on demolition duty at a power station in Germany until the end of 2008

Galizia in Italy has launched the F200, a 20 tonne capacity battery-electric pick and carry crane

The new XN electric chain hoist from Konecranes is for light to medium hoisting applications

M & M Crane Hire in Uxbridge, UK took delivery of a new 140 tonne capacity Terex Demag AC 120-1 all terrain crane in October and put it straight to work

Higher speed and greater productivity are primary benefits of Hiab's new XS 855 loader crane, the manufacturer said

Hitachi Sumitomo in Japan has launched a heavy duty version of its 90 tonne capacity SCX900-2 crawler crane

Liebherr Container Cranes has delivered one of two Post-Panamax cranes on order from HPC Ukraina, in Odessa, a subsidiary of HPC Hamburg Port Consulting

BMS in Denmark has taken delivery of 20 Unic mini-cranes, all of which will be given girls' names

Austrian loader crane manufacturer Palfinger is launching a new model to expand its High Performance range

Terex Bendini in Italy launched the RC34 rough terrain crane at the SAIE exhibition last week

Mobile crane manufacturer TCM is developing its first rough terrain. Antonio Pucci, export manager at the Italian company told IC at the SIAE 2008 exhibition that the new range would be aimed at the Russian and Ukrainian markets

New from Ormig at SAIE 2008 was the 45 tonne capacity electric-powered TME industrial crane

Manitowoc introduced the Igo 30, its latest addition to the Potain range of Igo self-erecting cranes, at the SAIE trade fair in Italy

Crane and handler manufacturer Sennebogen has marked the opening of a new Euro 30 million (US$40 million) production facility in its home town of Straubing, Germany

The first crawler crane to undergo a total refurbishment at the Encore workshop in Dubai, U.A.E. has shipped to Saudi Industrial Construction and Engineering Projects

Q-Plant Hire of Manchester has taken delivery of the first new Kobelco 110 tonne capacity CKE1100 crawler crane in the UK