Terex Challenger 3180 lift and position a 14 m high Christmas tree in...
Crane service provider Blüggel has used a Terex Challenger 3180 all terrain crane to lift and position a 14 m high Christmas tree in Winterberg, Germany. In order to remove the tree from its location...
View ArticleBig B Crane Expands Fleet, Capabilities With Terex HC285
Big B Crane & Rigging of Burleson, Texas, recently purchased a new 285-ton (260 t) Terex HC 285 lattice boom crawler crane, making it the highest capacity crane in the company’s fleet. The first...
View Article3 Major Benefits of Using a Truck Mounted Crane
If you are stuck decided whether to choose a traditional carrier crane or a truck mounted crane, you will have a number of considerations to think about. What is the crane going to be used for, how...
View ArticleLiebherr manufactures crawler tractor in the 70 tonnes category
At Bauma 2016 Liebherr will showcase the Liebherr PR 776 Litronic crawler tractor, which is designed for tough mining and quarry operations. With the PR 776, for the first time Liebherr is launching a...
View ArticleFirst Wolff Luffer in NYC at Work on Three World Trade Center Site
Once completed, the World Trade Center complex will include five skyscrapers which will create a frame around the 9/11 Memorial, opened in 2011. This summer, Federated Crane Co. set up a Wolff 700 B US...
View ArticleGGR Brings UKs Largest Christmas Tree to Liverpool
One of GGR’s UNIC mini spider cranes has been used to assemble the UK’s largest Christmas tree at the Liverpool ONE shopping complex in the North West. The impressive tree, constructed from steel, was...
View ArticleSENNEBOGEN to strengthen in Great Britain
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new dealer for the waste and timber industries in the UK. Molson Group is taking over from E.H. Hassell & Sons, who will focus solely on their core...
View ArticleLinden Comansa and BKL team up again for Bauma 2016
Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa and German dealer BKL Baukran Logistik GmbH will exhibit together at Bauma 2016, the world’s largest and most important construction machinery trade show, to be...
View ArticleBirmingham’s tallest crane gets Christmas makeover
Tower crane brought in to knock down the NatWest Tower even more prominent on the city skyline with 50kg of LED lights. Birmingham’s tallest tower has been given a festive makeover. More than 9,000...
View ArticleBrazil’s First Potain MCT 205
The first Potain MCT 205 topless tower crane to arrive in São Paulo, Brazil, is being used by Sinco Engineering to construct a 16-story commercial development in the suburb of Barueri. Engineers on the...
View ArticleALL Family Adds Five Cranes to Expand North American Fleet
The ALL Family of Companies has closed the deal on four Link-Belt rough-terrain cranes and one Grove all-terrain crane, growing its fleet to meet customer demand in several geographic markets. The...
View ArticleLinden Comansa Optimizes Flat-Top Crane Models
When Linden Comansa designed the LC2100 series of flat-top tower cranes, the goal was a crane that could operate on industrial, mining, infrastructure, and public works projects. Over the last few...
View ArticleMammoet USA Plans Big Fleet Expansion for 2016
Mammoet USA is currently undergoing substantial growth in terms of qualified personnel and asset acquisition. For 2016, the company is making a $100 million investment in miscellaneous transport and...
View ArticleTADANO ATF 220G-5 in operation in the new construction of the bridge...
Modern building requires cutting-edge working equipment. Accordingly, Schmidbauer, the expert from Nuremberg for heavy-duty tasks, relies on the Tadano ATF 220G-5 from the crane manufacturers TADANO...
View ArticleMammoet adds Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 mobile crane to its fleet in Ludwigshafen
Mammoet Deutschland GmbH took delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 in November. This Liebherr 400-tonne mobile crane significantly extends the company’s crane capacity at its site in Ludwigshafen as...
View ArticleManitowoc and Grove bridge the gap over Duck Creek
Leighton Contractors called on the planning and lifting expertise of Brisbane-based Universal Cranes, to assist with construction of a new bridge over Duck Creek, close to Ballina, New South Wales,...
View ArticleSims Crane Becomes Largest Tadano AT Owner in North America
With the recent delivery of 17 Tadano all-terrain cranes, Sims Crane & Equipment, Tampa, Fla., reports it has become the largest Tadano AT crane owner in North America. Sims also is the first...
View ArticleKobelco Construction Machinery, Kobelco Cranes to Merge
Kobe Steel, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. and Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd., have announced plans to merge the two businesses under Kobelco Construction...
View ArticleWorld’s first Terex Quaymate M50 mobile harbour crane ordered
The world’s first Terex Quaymate M50 mobile harbour crane will be shipped to Australia at the beginning of 2016. The machine has been ordered by Perth-based equipment rental company Tehmar, which will...
View ArticleElebia Hooks Place Temporary Billboards with Ease
Trotter UK recently employed a fleet of trucks fitted with loader cranes and Elebia automatic hooks to place temporary advertisement billboards at construction sites, events, automotive forecourts,...
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