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Lifting specialist Grohmann GmbH used a 250 tonne capacity crawler crane and a 95 tonne all terrain to repair a wind turbine at a park in Fiefbergen, northern Germany, close to the city of Kiel

Al Faris Equipment Rental, based in Dubai, UAE, supplied two 250 tonne Liebherr all terrains cranes to the Dubai Metro joint venture to lift a 140 tonne gantry footbridge into place at the new Jumeirah Lake Tower station

Jumbo Offshore has been awarded a combined transportation and installation contract in the Gulf of Mexico

ALE's 4,300 tonne capacity AL.SK90 has completed its first major lift. It was used to lift a 69 m long depropaniser column weighing 755 tonnes at a petrochemical plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Children from an Australian primary school were able to speak to an astronaut on the International Space Station with the help of a JLG 600AJ articulating boom.

Two Grove GTK1100 cranes worked in tandem to erect a new chimney for a coke production facility in the SaarLorLux region of southwest Germany. The plant is owned by Dillinger Hütte, one of the leading European producers of heavy plate steel sheets, which are generally used for the construction of heavy machinery and shipbuilding

The shipbuilder Meyer Werft, in northern Germany, responded to the increasing demand for cruise liners by extending one of its fabrication halls by 120 m. It will now be able to assemble vessels that are 300 m long and more

Just 7 km west of the centre of Paris, on the banks of the river Seine, the former Renault factory has been derelict for over 15 years. Engineering consultants, CICAD, requested that all cranes used during the site's re-development be fitted with SMIE anti-collision and zoning systems.

Mammoet was awarded the contract to supply a PTC-DS, double stacked, super heavy lift crane to build one of the largest power stations in Europe, at Neurath in Germany

Wolffkran tower cranes are in action on the Zlota 44 Tower project which is set to change the skyline of Warsaw, Poland

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has awarded Mammoet Salvage B.V. the contract to salvage a Second World War submarine and deal with its toxic cargo

Heron Tower will be one of the tallest buildings in London, UK. It occupies the entire footprint of a small site bordered by public roads on all four sides. Challenges to contend with on a lifting job there included the fact that the road was narrower than the outrigger spread of the crane

Sarens prepared a pair of its Sennebogen crawler cranes for a long-term contract in the harsh conditions of Antarctica

Mammoet put its new 600 tonne capacity Liebherr LR 1600/2 to work on its first job straight out of the factory

In August German rental company BTB lifted into place a new gold plated cross on the cupola of the Berlin Dom

Smit Heavy Lift’s 1,600 tonne capacity floating sheerlegs Taklift 4 played a major role in the recently completed offshore phase of the decommissioning of a gas platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. IC reports

The tallest piece of freestanding art in the UK was lifted into place by Ainscough Crane Hire last month.

At this year's Formula-1 and GP2 races at Istanbul Park in Turkey, the drivers and cars in the races were safeguarded by the circuit's rescue teams and a fleet of 14 Bobcat telehandlers.

One of Europe's largest open cast mine drag lines is being decommissioned and moved to a new home in the US

At the opening ceremony which launched Liverpool as the 2008 European capital of culture, UK rental company, AFI Uplift, provided 12 scissor lifts to event specialist, Production Eye, to help add more drama to the show.