Search Results: 'Cranes Asia'

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

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

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.

Talking telematics
11 June, 2009
Manitowoc is hailing its CraneSTAR asset management system as a major breakthrough for the crane industry. David Pittman looks at the history of telematics and its role in the increasingly global crane market.

Knuckle down
18 May, 2009
The abrupt end of the building boom in Europe wreaked havoc on the knuckleboom industry: order intake, and then sales, both dropped dramatically. Manufacturers, and their employees, have seen tough choices made. But, as Will North reports, the industry is doing much to ensure it is ready for the inevitable, if far off, upturn.

Facing facts
18 May, 2009
In the second of a series of interviews with high profile members of the industry, Manitowoc president and general manager Eric Etchart gives his take on the downcast market to Richard Howes.

Counting faults
18 May, 2009
Australia's CraneSafe assessment programme has produced a detailed database of faults, across all crane types and makes. Stuart Anderson analyses the data and identifies the main areas of concern for crane owners.

Very heavy metal
03 April, 2009
Crawler cranes now have the capacity to deal with the most demanding of loads. David Pittman reports.

Making Macau
09 March, 2009
Yongmao tower cranes help raise casinos in the Chinese Las Vegas, reports Emma Gritt

Stafford rides the storm
09 March, 2009
In the face of a depressed Irish market, tower crane rental specialist Stafford Tower Cranes is looking to eastern Europe, the Middle East and the USA for business, reports Heinz-Gert Kessel.

Recession? What recession?
09 March, 2009
Will North speaks to manufacturers working in India, and to one of the country’s biggest end users, and finds out that many in the country’s lifting industry expect a good year, despite recessionary pressures.

Hans Kong
11 February, 2009
Although Liebherr runs crane service facilities around the world, it had never built its cranes outside Europe, until 2007. In that year, a small workshop of a minor subsidiary quietly began making two models of duty-cycle crawler cranes, reports Will Dalrymple

Manitowoc shows China and India operations at Bauma China
09 January, 2009
“Going forward, we actually intend to raise our commitment to the Asia Pacific region even further, as this is the region where we can expect most growth in the coming decade,” said Gilles Martin, Manitowoc executive vice-president, Asia-Pacific.