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Lift to experience
29 December, 2015
A full range of crane rigging and attachments were on show at the recent LiftEx show in Liverpool, UK. Daniel Searle attended to see the latest developments.

USA projects round up
29 December, 2015
This month we review projects from Washington, Tennessee, Georgia.

A new luffer, better than the old luffer?
29 December, 2015
New York’s tightly packed and quickly built skyscrapers, busy streets, patchy electricity, and maze of subways combine to make lifting in city uniquely challenging and highly regulated. As the NYC Department of Buildings seeks to restrict the use of older cranes, the diesel luffers that dominate the city’s skyline face new competition. Will North reports.

Go Forth and conquer
29 December, 2015
The Queensferry Crossing, a replacement road bridge at the Forth Bridge site, is set to be completed and ready for traffic by the end of 2016.

Boom Booster assists Gulf lift
07 December, 2015
Sarens Group used a Terex CC 8800-1 crane with fitted with a Boom Booster system to lift 641t distillation column in the Gulf Coast region of the US.

Sennebogen telecrawler aids bridge job
07 December, 2015
König Bau has used a Sennebogen 643 telecrawler to assist construction of a new bridge at Hohenleipisch, Germany.

Tandem lift re-orientates energy vessel
07 December, 2015
Maxim Crane Works has completed a tandem lift of a 75USt vessel at an energy plant in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Liebherr telecrawler climbs mountain
07 December, 2015
A Liebherr LTR 1060 telecrawler has been used by Swiss contractor Clausen at an altitude of 2,900m to assist construction of a mountain station for the new Hirli chairlift in the Alps.

Mini cranes kick off Christmas in Liverpool
07 December, 2015
GGR used UNIC mini spider crane to assemble the UK’s largest Christmas tree, at the Liverpool ONE shopping complex.

50-year celebrations for Effer
07 December, 2015
Effer has celebrated 50 years of business with an event at its headquarters in Bologna, Italy.

Elebia hooks used for billboard installation
07 December, 2015
Mobile billboard company Trotter UK is using a fleet of loader cranes with Elebia automatic hooks to erect and position advertisement hoardings.

Machinery associations look to digital future
07 December, 2015
The Committee of European Construction Equipment (CECE) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) have presented to the European Union a manifesto of five priority actions for “successful digital transformations” of the construction and agricultural machinery industries.

The year gone by, and to come
01 December, 2015
This has been a good year in many ways for Cranes Today. I think that we've again achieved our editorial mission of keeping crane owners around the world informed of trends in their industry, and advocating for safe and efficient working practices.

Terex reaches final of Swedish Steel Prize
24 November, 2015
Terex Cranes was one of four finalists in the Swedish Steel Prize, organized by steel manufacturer SSAB, for its Boom Booster kit for its CC 8800-1 lattice boom crawler crane.

Second LiuGong crane for Antarctic station
24 November, 2015
A LiuGong TC250-4 crane is currently en route to Antarctica to assist the operations of a Chinese research facility.

Crane helps plane with final take-off
24 November, 2015
A Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler has been used to move an 82t Airbus A-300 aircraft over a fence at Cologne-Bonn airport.

Murphy’s add two new Kobelco crawlers
24 November, 2015
UK contractor Murphy Group has purchased two new crawler cranes from Kobelco Cranes Europe.

First new 20t Kato for UK market
24 November, 2015
UK crane company John Sutch Cranes has added a new 20t Kato CR-200Ri city crane to its portfolio, supplied by official Kato distributor Rivertek Services UK.

New loader cranes from Hiab
23 November, 2015
Hiab has added three new models to its range of high-capacity X-HiPro loader cranes.

East meets west
16 November, 2015
The Chinese crane and construction sectors are following the country’s economy and developing quickly. Daniel Searle spoke to Terex’s management about the directions in which the Chinese market is heading.