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Small city players
01 December, 2009
It’s often easy to overlook cranes at the lower end of the capacity scale. However, competition among city cranes, small cranes that share characteristics of both all terrains and rough terrains, is as fierce as anywhere else in the industry. Will North reports

Italian Invention
01 December, 2009
Italian crane firms have to think smart to cope with the narrow streets and steep hills of the country’s medieval cities. Ruth Ling reports

Light at the end of the tunnel
01 December, 2009
Ruth Ling reports on the state of the Italian market, and finds some light at the end of the tunnel

Hot iron, heavy towers
16 September, 2009
The popularity of pre-cast building in the Netherlands means the country uses unusually high numbers of heavy tower cranes. Will North compares the Dutch market with its regional neighbours, and finds out how one award winning building demonstrates the advantages of pre-cast construction.

Dutch tailoring
15 September, 2009
When it comes to really big cranes, some of the biggest are built by specialist custom builders like the Netherlands’ Huisman. Will North reports

Ship to shore
15 September, 2009
Würzburg, Germany-based Babcock Noell has completed the largest transport operation in its history:moving a 200t containment liner for the reactor building of a new-build nuclear power station from Poland to Finland

Singapore slings
15 September, 2009
Fagioli and Yew Choon performed more than 550 special transport moves, crane lifts and alternative lifts for a job on Singapore’s Jurong Island. Nicole Robinson reports

Going for green
15 September, 2009
Green technologies are central to most modern gantry crane systems. David Pittman reports

Boom trucks
15 September, 2009
A new class of super heavy mobile cranes uses telescopic booms so big that they must be transported in two parts, requiring special transporters for the second boom. Nicole Robinson reports

Terminal Velocity
14 September, 2009
A new containerised transporter makes it easier and quicker to move 2,000t gantry cranes around busy container terminals. Will North reports

Moving on up
14 September, 2009
Yantai Raffles is waiting for designs to become reality as it plots the future for its 20,000t capacity gantry crane system, Taisun. David Pittman reports

Power surge
19 August, 2009
Global demand for new power plants will call for specialist tower cranes. Will North reports

A new view
19 August, 2009
Two technological developments, both in the academic field, could pave the way for better inspection and fault detection of wire ropes. David Pittman reports

Treating telehandlers as cranes
19 August, 2009
New Australian standards will see telehandlers subject to the same scrutiny as cranes, when they perform crane-type lifts. Stuart Anderson reports

Australian market showing signs of early rebound
19 August, 2009
Australia’s crane market was riding high until late last summer, when it suffered not only the impact of the global financial crisis and subsequent credit crunch but also a severe devaluation of the Australian dollar that rapidly drove up the cost of imported cranes and equipment. Stuart Anderson reports

Appointing the right person
15 July, 2009
The role of an Appointed Person (AP) is an important one in the UK crane industry today, taking responsibility for the planning and execution of safe lift operations. David Pittman looks at the role and its US counterpart, and sits in on the theory training behind the qualification.

Rough trough
15 July, 2009
The market for rough terrain cranes is in free-fall, although there remains some demand for higher capacity machines. Phil Bishop takes a look at the world market and reports on new product development in the sector.

Lessons learnt
15 July, 2009
Ten years ago, Japan’s economy and construction industry were struck by a combination of a regional financial crisis and the collapse of a property speculation bubble, similar to the crisis that affects the world today. Will North spoke to Kobelco’s Tatsuo Maruo about the lessons learnt from that crisis, and the company’s business today.

Slinging techniques
15 July, 2009
In the latest of a series of articles on complex rigging situations, Derrick Bailes looks at various techniques for attaching slings to the load and adjusting the sling length to achieve the correct geometry.

US cranes get a lift
11 June, 2009
The US federal stimulus package is now being allocated by local state officials. The benefits are not immediate, but, as Robert Ebisch reports, some of the billions available should soon trickle down to crane users.