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Hungarian crane company acquires Terex AT
24 December, 2014
Hungarian crane company Dunagep has added a 500t Terex AC 500-2 all terrain crane to its fleet.

Link-Belt RT crane assisting Saudi chemical project
24 December, 2014
Saudi Arabia-based crane company Expertise Industrial Services Of Jubail has supplied its 50t Link-Belt RTC-8050 Series II rough terrain crane to a chemical project in Jubail City.

Schmidbauer look to Liebherr for mobile cranes
24 December, 2014
German heavy transport contractor Schmidbauer has added three Liebherr mobile cranes to its portfolio

Power plant components transported by Crane Rental
24 December, 2014
Florida-based Crane Rental Corporation has moved equipment components from Charleston, South Carolina, to a power plant project at Port Everglades, Florida.

Supercars moved to new museum by Collett
24 December, 2014
Transport specialists Collett & Sons has assisted the relocation of the world’s fastest car, Thrust SSC, and its predecessor Thrust 2, to a new museum gallery.

Tangible benefits
24 December, 2014
Synthetic materials have long been used in the manufacture of slings and, more recently, pendants—where the weight reduction compared to steel wire reduces logistical demands and installation time. It wasn’t until this year, however, that the first synthetic hoist rope was introduced to the industry. Daniel Searle looks at what this, and other applications of synthetic materials, have to offer.

Western Europe Project round up
24 December, 2014
This month we review projects from France, Germany.

Christmas tree tradition continues in Portland
24 December, 2014
Crane company Ness & Campbell transported and erected a 75ft fir Christmas tree for the city of Portland, Oregon.

Straightpoint’s loadcell weighs offshore wind station
24 December, 2014
In this month’s equipment case study, we find out how a 12t-capacity loadcell developed by Straightpoint was used by Larkin Engineering Services to load test the lifting points of a weather station. Over the following pages, we have news and new products from across the lifting equipment sector.

Slow progress
18 December, 2014
This time last year, I talked about how 2013 had been one of limited change. In many ways, and particularly on the business side of the sector, this year has been too. Progress on rental rates and sales does not seem to have picked up at the rate the industry would've liked. In this issue, we open with a round-up of the last quarter's financial results, across a range of listed crane manufacturers and dealers. The news is not particularly good.

As good as it looks?
18 December, 2014
The outlook in the UK construction sector appears to be a positive one, with investment in housing, transport and energy projects all increasing—but crane manufacturers and rental companies have different views on the certainty of a full recovery. Daniel Searle reports.

Liebherr crawler completes steep challenge in Alps
18 December, 2014
A Liebherr LTR 1060 crawler crane has tackled the 40° gradients of the Swiss Alps to extend a railway tunnel.

Manitowoc Crane Care appoints Australia representative
16 December, 2014
Manitowoc Crane Care has appointed Australia’s Darwin Crane & Machinery Services (DCMS) to provide after-sales support to its customers in the Northern Territory region.

Liebherr mobile crane joins fire-fighters
16 December, 2014
The fire brigade of Reutlingen, Germany has purchased a new 70t Liebherr LTM 1070-4.2 mobile crane fitted with fire service equipment.

ALE nears milestone in monorail bridge project
16 December, 2014
Heavy lifting specialist ALE is almost half-way through a project moving more than 250 bridge girders for Vietnam’s first monorail system.

Aertssen adds Tadano crane in Middle East
16 December, 2014
Aertssen Machinery Services, the Middle Eastern branch of Aertssen Kranen, has added a 145t Tadano GR1450EX rough terrain crane to its fleet.

Radio remote control system launched
16 December, 2014
Sweden-based Scanreco has introduced a radio remote control system for the crane industry.

Improved networking capacity for headsets
16 December, 2014
The ComStar Full Duplex Wireless headsets from Eartec now offer the ability to connect up to 16 users.

Japanese progress for Codipro
16 December, 2014
Luxembourg-based swivel lifting rings manufacturer Codipro has received an order from a Japanese customer, following a trip to the country in October 2014.

Five more Grove cranes for Tiong Woon
10 December, 2014
Singapore-based crane company Tiong Woon Crane & Transport has added five 300t Grove GMK6300L all terrain cranes to its fleet