Spider crane heads to Indian Ocean
25 April 2016Unic Cranes Europe has sold a URW 547 spider crane to Réunion-based company DMP. Unic Cranes Europe says that it hopes the deal will mark the start of a successful partnership with the company in the French overseas The Unic URW 547 spider crane, which can lift up to 4t but has a total stowing width of just 1.4m, is being made available on the French island of Reunion through local company DMP, which is part of the Groupe de Courcy.
Unic Cranes Europe sales manager Jeanine De Cock said: "We're extremely pleased to have secured this partnership with DMP to provide the UNIC URW 547 spider crane for hire in Reunion. DMP is, like us, a family-run company which prides itself on quality of service and customer satisfaction, so it's great to be working with them.
"In Reunion, it is currently being used for constructing electricity pylons. DMP says that without the URW 547, the project would not be possible because of access difficulties. We look forward to seeing how it will be used on other projects in the future."
