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22 December, 2011

C2 Equipment Programme Manager - Cranes and Lifting Equipment
21 December, 2011
Ref: 1163818 MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol £29,258 to 34,936 p/aThe MOD requires an experienced and proven manager with extensive background in crane design and operation required to manage and support maritime cranes and lifting equipment within the MOD. The successful candidate will be the focal point and adviser to the wider MOD for lifting policy, regulation and legislation for Cranes and Lifting Equipment, as well as the specialist adviser on the specification, design and safety of Munitions Lifting Appliances.

The perfect gift for journalists
19 December, 2011

That was the year that was
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.

Crawling on the shoulders of giants
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.

Petrochemical romance
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.

On top of the world
16 December, 2011
The economic thaw in Sweden, Norway and Finland in recent years has allowed more renewable power, oil and gas, and infrastructure construction projects, with government spending supporting construction. Lifting firms hope the Eurozone economic crisis won’t break their winning streak. Cristina Brooks reports.

Complete control
16 December, 2011
In the final controls equipment review of this year Cranes Today reviews new joystick controllers for mobile applications, along with a radio control receiver and a device for splitting hydraulic power between tools while still powering a crane.

Equipment review: Shackles
16 December, 2011

Precision eye surgery
16 December, 2011
Shackle load cells and hand-held indicators are playing a vital role in the refurbishment of the London Eye. Overleaf, Cranes Today looks at two innovative shackles.

Truck crane death highlights boom-crushing risk
14 December, 2011
Jusice Gary Hearn of the Ontario Court of Justice fined Delta Truck Equipment CAD100,000 and its supervisor, Phillip Hutton, CAD15,000, after a maintenance person was crushed to death by a truck crane’s boom in Breslau, Canada.

Counterfeit clamp down headed by machinery associations
12 December, 2011
A market surveillance initiative has been launched by seven European machinery industry trade associations to promote the effective monitoring of goods sold on the European market and strengthen regulatory compliance.

Terex’s welder wins German competition
12 December, 2011
Thomas Maske, a construction mechanic training at Terex’s Zweibruecken factory in Germany, took the first place prize for gas tungsten arc welding (GATW) at an association-organised national welding competition in Hamburg on October 14th, 2011.

Liebherr Portal Crane awarded Crane of the Year
12 December, 2011
International Bulk Journal, a British magazine, awarded Liebherr port cranes with the “Crane of the Year” award for its portal crane, LPS 600, used for bulk handling and provided with flexible configurations for ports of different sizes.

Manitowoc brings in laid-off staff, as machinists strike over contract terms
08 December, 2011
With a strike by machinists at Manitowoc Cranes’ plant in Wisconsin entering its fourth week, the company has announced it will be temporarily recalling previously laid-off members of the boilermakers union. The strike, over contract terms relating to union membership, takes place against the background of a highly-polarised local political environment.

Hüffermann Krandienst drives a Liebherr home
08 December, 2011
Hüffermann Krandienst has selected a 100t Liebherr LTM 1100-5.2 all terrain for work in and around Vechta, Germany.

Manitex appoints two business managers
07 December, 2011
Manitex, Georgetown, Texas-based manufacturer of boom trucks, announced that it has appointed two new business managers. Joe Dunn will work with the eastern region and Bryan Dammann will work with the western region, employing his knowledge of Canada.

Demag secures first harbour crane order from Papua New Guinea
07 December, 2011
Demag Cranes has delivered its first mobile harbour cranes to Papua New Guinea after receiving an order for four Gottwald G HMK 6407 Model 6 cranes from PNG Ports Corporation.

Bernard Hunter in Scotland takes delivery of an LTC 1045-3.1
05 December, 2011
Bernard Hunter of Edinburgh has taken delivery of the UK’s first 45t capacity LTC 1045-3.1 three-axle ‘taxi’ all terrain crane, Liebherr said.

TNT promotes two following recapitalisation
02 December, 2011
Following the signing of a new financing deal with Odyssey Investment Partners, TNT has promoted Deana Haygood to CFO and Alex ‘Bubba’ Murray to branch manager for its Houston office.