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Sennebogens come together for REWE’s €30m logistics centreFree

31 January 2012

Two Sennebogen cranes have worked for contractors Max Bögl Bauservice and Wiesbauer on a new €30m logistics centre in Mönchhof near Frankfurt Airport for retail and tourism firm REWE.

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New OSHA compliant SC&RA crane inspection checklists availableFree

02 February 2012

US international trade association the SC&RA has released two checklists to help fleet owners perform annual inspections of telescopic and lattice boom cranes to ensure compliance with OSHA safety standards.

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Manitowoc results show strong activity in AmericasFree

02 February 2012

Manitowoc reported fourth quarter 2011 sales of $1.0bn across all its segments. This figure was up 24.5% in the quarter from 2010, thanks to a buoyant performance by its crane segment in the Americas region.

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Liebherr testing new PowerBoom featureFree

02 February 2012

Leibherr announced that it has been testing a new PowerBoom feature on a 3,000t LR 13000 crawler crane. The feature enhances capacities dramatically.

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ESTA wind turbine safety summit speakers confirmedFree

30 January 2012

ESTA has finalised the speakers list for its one-day ‘safety issues in wind turbine erection and transportation’ summit, being held at the Courtyard Marriott Hamburg Airport Hotel on 14 March.

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That was the year that wasFree

19 December 2011

At the start of the year, it looked like 2011 might be the year that would mark a turnaround from the global financial crisis. With developed economies in crisis, that hope disappeared. Over the next two pages, Cranes Today’s regular writers consider some of the highs and lows of the year.

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Petrochemical romanceFree

16 December 2011

As rising oil prices outpace the gradually recovering demand for petrochemicals, companies in the sector are courting hire firms in an effort to get more bang for their buck. Kevin Walsh reports.

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Crawling on the shoulders of giantsFree

16 December 2011

Last month, Stuart Anderson explained how alternative lifting devices built by heavy lift specialists have come to share more and more with crawler cranes. This month, he considers the troubled state of the mainstream crawler industry, the development of crawlers from 100t in 1947 to 3,200t today.

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Project MapFree

16 December 2011

Solna, Sweden
The Swedbank Arena in Solna, near Stockholm, is Sweden's new national football stadium, with capacity for 50,000 seated sports fans and up to 65,000 concertgoers.

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