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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

Sennebogen will introduce a new 70 tonne telescopic crawler crane at Bauma 2010, IC can reveal. According to the manufacturer, the Sennebogen 673 is the strongest in its capacity range

Singapore-based crane contractor Sin Heng Heavy Machinery has taken ownership of more than 100 crawler cranes from Kobelco Cranes

A sharp-eyed observer has caught on camera what looks like a new cab design for Terex mobile cranes

Expanding on the narrow track theme of the LR 1400/2-W of six years ago, Liebherr has gone up the scale with a larger model for operations in wind farms. The new 600 tonne capacity LR 1600/2-W will be shown at Bauma 2010. It is designed for larger wind turbines up to 3 MW on 100 m towers without needing a derrick system

April's Bauma exhibition in Germany sees the launch of the first model of a new family of Linden Comansa luffing jib tower cranes

Terex saw net sales in its cranes segment drop 25.2% to US$557.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to $187.8 million in the same period 2008

Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has sold mobile harbour cranes (MHC) to Lebanon and Qatar which, it says, strengthens its position in the Middle East

QT Equipment will sell, distribute and assemble UK-based Penny Hydraulics' Swing Lift vehicle mounted cranes in the USA, under a new agreement

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is warning employers to ensure tower crane examinations are carried out by "genuinely competent personnel."

Kranlyft is launching the 2.93 tonne capacity Maeda LC383M-5 mini crawler crane for sale outside Japan

In countries where the all terrain crane dominates the mobile crane rental sector, a popular debate is whether or not the truck crane will make a comeback. McGovern Crane Hire in the UK has made a move by adding new truck cranes to its fleet. IC reports

The Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, will be the first container terminal in Central America to get a Terex Noell straddle carrier model NSC 634 H with hydrostatic drive

Weiland Kran & Transport GmbH, a German rental company, replaced mobile cranes in the 70 to 500 tonne capacity range with three units from Liebherr

The Middle East crane market is down overall but there are areas of growth

Shipbuilder Tersan Tersanecilik has installed what it believes to be the biggest overhead crane in Turkey

At the beginning of 2010 Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH delivered its 7,500th used crane since the production plant was established in 1969.

A new attachment for Manitowoc's Model 16000 crawler crane will boost the machine's lifting capacity, enabling it to erect the latest wind turbines