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Kobelco wins CKL1000i crane orders in Bangladesh

Kobelco Cranes India is making inroads in the Bangladesh infrastructure development sector with the export of two CKL1000i lattice boom crawler cranes to Abdul Monem Ltd (AML)

Liebherr LR 11000 works for the first time

Liebherr says the first operational use for its Liebherr LR 11000 1,000t crawler crane has completed its first lift at a Romanian oil refinery.

ALE load-out at 47,830t platform

UK-based heavy lift specialist ALE completed a 47,830t load-out of a Russian oil and gas production platform.

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USITC judge upholds Manitowoc complaint against Sany
23 July, 2014 A USITC has issued a final initial determination in Manitowoc's complaint against Sany, saying that the American crane manufacturer has shown certain products infringe its patents, and that they have shown misappropriation of trade secrets.

New Irish crane hire firm adds Liebherrs
Newly-formed Irish lifting services company BCS Crane Hire Ltd has added a 60t Liebherr LTM 1055-3.2 and a 200t LTM 1200-5.1 crane to its fleet.

Manitowoc and Link-Belt help students park
Two Manitowoc crawler cranes and a Link-Belt crawler have completed a 15-week lifting job on a new six-storey car park at Florida International University.

Stephenson Equipment expands National Crane coverage
Stephenson Equipment Inc has expanded its territory for Manitowoc’s National Crane truck-mounted hydraulic cranes to include western Pennsylvania.

Hiab sees sales and profits growth in H1
Cargotec’s Hiab business has posted a growth in orders, sales and operating profits for the first half of 2014.

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South Europe Project round up
31 July, 2014 This month we review projects from France, Spain, Italy and Turkey.

Rising above the ruins
Italy has a long and proud history of crane-building and was for many years one of the world’s leading markets for both rough terrains and tower cranes. Today though, it’s domestic market is decimated and crane builders are having to look for new opportunities. Will North visited some of these and Samoter in Verona.

King of the road
Particularly popular in North America, truck mounted cranes are versatile low tonnage machines capable of working in a wide range of industries. Recently, the market for these cranes has been expanding with more demand coming from the energy sector. Zak Garner-Purkis looks at what’s making news in this market segment.

Wind works from Canada to Curacao
US Manufacturer Manitowoc’s GMK6400 all terrain crane worked on several wind energy projects in the past year. These involved one unit being transported across the Atlantic Ocean to Curacao and another working in Quebec.

Spain explores the world
With domestic demand in Spain as low as it has ever been, crane manufacturers and rental companies are focusing on opportunities overseas. Liliam Molina reports.

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BLOGS

A new Fleet File approaches
30 July, 2014 Some of our more observant readers (many of you, I am sure) will have noticed that this June we missed our regular Fleet File feature. For the past seven years, we've run this listing of crane fleets around the world in every issue.

Time again for innovation?
Over the last few years, difficult post-crisis market conditions and the engineering challenges of complying with strict engine regulations have slowed development across much of the crane industry.

Get noticed in Cranes Today
I'm often asked what it takes to get featured in Cranes Today. I know there are many magazines out there that tie their editorial coverage directly to who buys ads (I've worked for a few; it's not a good way to put a magazine together). But we don't work like that. Our focus has always been on putting a good magazine together that will interest our readers, and sometimes even give them some helpful ideas about how to make more of their business. I do think advertising in a magazine like ours is a good way to get your brand out there. But it's not the only way to get featured in the magazine.

EU machinery safety plan hits a wall of cheese
For more than five years, the European trade associations FEM and CECE, who both count crane manufacturers among their members, as well as three other machinery trade bodies, have been working to promote an improvement of the EU's market surveillance framework. This is a key way of ensuring that cranes sold in the EU are safe and environmentally friendly, and that regulation is imposed on all manufacturers equally, preserving fair competition.

Many roads to recovery in the Americas
Ever since the global financial crisis hit in 2007–2008, the question for the construction, and crane, industry has been whether the good times of the middle of the last decade are on the way back.

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