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18 December, 2018
Our annual Fleet File survey

Rigging with the bulls
18 December, 2018
Bull rigging is easy to recognise but hard to define as a way of moving a load. Perhaps that is why there is a growing shortage of skilled bull riggers. Julian Champkin tries to pin down the elusive subject.

Heavy hydraulics
18 December, 2018
In the second of two articles, Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr, assesses current demand for heavy duty crawler cranes, and looks at the important innovations made by Japanese manufacturers.

Wheels in motion
18 December, 2018
Mobile crane orders in Australia skyrocketed this year. Combining information from a series of interviews with material from CICA’s annual conference sessions, Sotiris Kanaris looks at the state of the market for crane suppliers and hirers.

A tower and mobile in tandem
18 December, 2018
Wilbert’s Swiss crane rental partner Thomas Kaufmann Turmkrane AG supplied a WT 650 e.tronic to work in tandem with a mobile crane to remove an old railway bridge in Rossinière

New Enerpac hydraulic gantries
17 December, 2018
Enerpac has enhanced its hydraulic gantry product line, with the introduction of the SL100 and SL200 Super Lift hydraulic gantries.

First Gulf wind project commences
17 December, 2018
ALE has demonstrated its wind expertise and turnkey capabilities as they start the receiving operations of wind components in Oman for the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) first-ever wind farm.

Hydra-slide equipment at fertiliser plant
17 December, 2018
Myshak Crane & Rigging has used its entire fleet of Hydra-Slide hydraulic skidding equipment in addition to various other heavy rigging tools to changeout a horizontal converter at a fertiliser production plant in Alberta, Canada.

Liebherr crawler hoists 242t bridge
17 December, 2018
A Liebherr LR 1750/2 was used to hoist a 242t arched bridge in the small village of Nobitz in the State of Thuringia, Germany.

AC 500-2 lifts ventilation system
17 December, 2018
Crane service provider Ponticelli Frères has used a Terex AC 500-2 to lift a ventilation system weighing approximately 2t onto the roof of the Montparnasse Station in Paris for its customer Axima.

Three Raimondi Cranes in Cyprus
17 December, 2018
Raimondi Cranes has appointed conAgro Ltd as the sole official Cypriot dealer of its tower and luffing cranes and its range of crane accessories in the country.

AMCS DCS 60 on a Kroll K4000
17 December, 2018
AMCS technologies, specializing in anti-collision and zoning systems, has supplied its DCS 60 driving control system for the West White Rose project in Canada.

Looking back
17 December, 2018
This month, I've been taking a look back over our news coverage for 2018. There have been quite a few significant developments over the year.

Looking back
17 December, 2018

Welex - On firm ground
14 December, 2018
Welex, established in the 1920s, takes its name from the name of the owner at the time, Westerhout, and the place where the company is situated, Lexmond. It started selling railway sleepers and dragline mats, and now trades crane mats internationally.

Lampson - Three generations of giants
14 December, 2018
Lampson International is a third generation family owned and operated heavy lift and heavy haul construction corporation. Started in 1946 by Neil and Billie Jane Lampson, this once small crane and drayage company grew to be one of the largest and most well respected heavy lift companies in the world. Kate Lampson explains the history of the company, and its current offering.

NFT - Specialised in tower cranes
14 December, 2018
Award winning and resilient to economic changes, NFT has come a long way since its establishment in the 1980s. Starting out as the first supplier of tower cranes in the GCC region, it has now become Potain’s number one dealer in the world and the world’s number one tower crane supplier in terms of lifting capacity.

Fagioli - Integrated service
14 December, 2018
Fagioli Group’s wide range of activities can be summarised by its acronym, FIS – Fagioli Integrated Service.

Integrated Logistics - Leading across the Middle East
14 December, 2018
Integrated Logistics, established in Kuwait in the year 2005, offers a total logistic solution for lifting and haulage for heavy or oversized cargoes, and rental and leasing of cranes. The company summarises its offering.

Sarilar - Beyond transport
14 December, 2018
Turkish company Sarilar has its roots in transporting heavy loads but now it is a leader not only in transport, but in heavy lifting and assembling too.