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Using cameras to help with ‘blind lifting’ is one of several topics at the Tower Cranes North America conference

The first Potain Hup 40-30 self-erecting cranes to be sold in Russia have been bought by Topkran-Rent

Wolffkraan’s Dr.–Ing Mohamed Abouelezz and co-presenter Randy Huffman, Custom Service Crane, will discuss tower crane design trends at  the Tower Cranes North America conference in Miami.

Confirmation of FAA speakers completes the programme for the event on 18 and 18 June in Miami.

A comprehensive guide to what you can expect to see from crane and transport industry manufacturers and service providers exhibiting at the Intermat show in Paris in April. ICST reports

Continued demand for housing in urban areas around the world as well as the increasing influence of environmental considerations are key drivers of innovation in the self erecting tower crane and mobile folding construction crane sectors. Christian Shelton reports

Spierings strengthens service network

Morrow Equipment president Christian Chalupny outlines topic for his keynote at Tower Cranes North America

Preparing tower cranes for extreme weather will be a key topic at the Tower Cranes North America (TCNA) conference

Hybrid diesel-electric mobile folding crane launched by Spierings

Conference in Miami, Florida, on 19 June, 2018. Christian Chalupny of Morrow Equipment as keynote speaker

With cities growing in height, crane firms have been improving tower cranes to meet increasing demands

A strong rise in demand is forecast for the tower crane market in Ukraine

Australian rental firm Active Crane Hire has bought 72 Potain cranes over the last three years, mostly MCT 88, MCT 68, and MCT 205 units, in order to keep up with the surge in property activity currently happening in Sydney, Australia.

The tower crane market is buoyant and there are many new products either just launched or on their way. Christian Shelton reports

The fifth International Tower Cranes (ITC) conference takes place on 10 and 11 May in London, UK

Instead of buying a new crane to replace an aging tower crane in its fleet, De Gerlien van Tiem Shipyard utilised Manitowoc's EnCORE crane refurbishment programme

Leo Spierings has regained 100% ownership of Oss, Netherlands-based Spierings Mobile Cranes BV and the management has been strengthened

Manitowoc has launched its Potain Hup 40-30 self erecting tower crane. It is the second model in the new Hup range first shown at April’s Bauma exhibition in Germany

Netherlands-based self erecting tower crane specialist Montarent has launched a new mobile self erecting tower crane, the Montalift M21 4-WDS