Search Results: 'Cranes Asia'

Across the Caspian
06 November, 2013
Last month, Stuart Anderson looked at the construction markets of western Central Asia. This month, he looks further east, starting with Turkmenistan on the eastern coast of the Caspian, across the enormous landmass that is Kazakhstan and on to Uzbekistan touching the western border of China. All are oil and gas exporting nations of increasing significance.

Lifting in the land of fire
11 October, 2013
In the first of a two part in-depth region report, Stuart Anderson examines the broad economy of Central Asia, and looks in detail at Azerbaijan. Next month’s article will look at the countries to the east of the Caspian.

Searching for customers
23 August, 2013
With Europe, the traditonal home of the knuckleboom crane, struggling, manufacturers have had to look for new markets and develop new products, Zak Garner-Purkis reports.

Bridging the gap
22 August, 2013
The number of scale of bridge building projects has been on the rise in recent years. But what do these developments this mean for the cranes that inevitably play a major role in such projects? Jodie Satterthwaite finds out. Next month, Bernadette Ballantyne will look at the lifting challenges posed by tunnelling projects.

In our fleet: BKL, Germany
09 July, 2013
Cranes Today first spoke to BKL in 2011. Since then it has gone on to participate in a number of high profile projects as well as developing its fleet. Here managing director Alexander Volz explains the company’s development.

Secondhand demand
12 June, 2013
Fleet owners have always sold used cranes to a range of buyers to make room for new models. These day’s auction houses make use of modern technologies to bring buyers and sellers together from across the world. Zak Garner-Purkis looks at the latest trends in the secondhand market.

Operators and drivers
12 June, 2013
It’s long been traditional to think of Munich’s Bauma as the ‘European leg’ of the trienniale trade show cycle. With Western Europe’s economy still in the doldrums after a half decade of debt and austerity, this year’s show only highlighted the increasingly global nature of the crane industry. Will North spoke to industry leaders, from the USA, Europe, China, and Japan, about the drivers of international demand, and how they are shaping their businesses’ multinational production, distribution and service operations.

Low capacity, high competition
17 May, 2013
The drive to modernise fleets in the wake of tightening engine emissions standards, along with a pick up in construction activity is leading to increased activity in the small crawler cranes sector. Bernadette Ballantyne reports.

In control
25 March, 2013
This month we look at new control products from HBC-radiomatic, Ikusi, Jay and Manitowoc'sPotain.

The heavy mob
22 March, 2013
Modular construction of energy infrastructure is ensuring that demand remains strong for super heavy lifting solutions. Bernadette Ballantyne surveys the sector

Chinese cranes get technology focus
14 February, 2013
China’s economic rise has given a boost to regional crane manufacturers. In Shanghai, the location famous for skyscrapers and Bauma China expo, they are focused on product development. Cristina Brooks reports

Taxi!
31 January, 2013
With axle load limits increasingly rigorously enforced in major all terrain markets around the world, it is becoming increasingly difficult to offer cranes that combine capacity, reach and roadability. Will North reports

A renewal of energy
31 January, 2013
American crane rental firms are seeing a shift in the business as renewables take their place in the mainstream energy supply.

A changing world
31 January, 2013
Over the course of the past five years, the combination of the economic crisis of 2008 and the ongoing Eurozone crisis, plus the dynamic growth of the Chinese crane market and manufacturing industry, have had a profound impact on the shape and structure of the global mobile crane market. Stuart Anderson considers the changing shape of the industry.