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Energy rush
09 December, 2013
With its vast energy resources and reputation as a stable and secure supplier, some energy experts predict that Canada has the reserves to become an energy superpower in the next few decades. While the merits of this opinion are still being debated on Parliament Hill, the lifting industry has been quietly taking advantage of renewed investment and interest in this sector. Jodie Satterthwaite reports.

Digging deep for sales in Africa
04 December, 2013
Visiting the first Bauma Africa, in Johannesburg, Will North spoke to crane companies about the opportunities presented by mineral wealth in South Africa and its neighbours, and the political challenges it continues to face.

Telecrawlers prove their worth
04 December, 2013
Despite their longevity and flexibility, telecrawlers have remained a niche market since their introduction in the 1960s and 1970s. The machines have evolved to offer narrower footprints, lighter telebooms, and better transport features, making them increasingly attractive to contractors. Bernadette Ballantyne reports.

Doing the legwork, building trust
04 December, 2013
More than any other industry I've reported on, the crane industry works on the basis of personal interaction and trust. Crane buyers need to be sure that their equipment is reliable and well supported. Customers need to know that crane suppliers will perform lifts safely and on time. Crane owners need to trust their operators to work safely, and operators need to know their bosses will offer proper training and support them if they refuse to perform an unsafe lift.

Crane falls on Cabinet Office
30 October, 2013
A tower crane has collapsed on the Cabinet Office, the home of the UK government, in Westminister following the St Jude’s Day storms that hit the UK, the incident occurred at 6.50am.

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.

Land of the long white cloud
11 October, 2013
With a market dominated by secondhand and often smaller machines, New Zealand is often overlooked, but the country plays a leading role in training, and shows how geography can shape a lifting industry. Zak Garner-Purkis visited the local trade association's AGM in Napier, and job sites across the country.

Exclusive Pictures: Cheesegrater cranes jib removed
04 September, 2013
Cranes Today has exclusive pictures of the jib being removed from a tower crane working on London’s newest skyscraper, the Cheesegrater.

From the Andes to the Amazon
22 August, 2013
The crane market in Latin American has seen a great deal of development in the last few years. As more investors look at tapping into these growing markets Zak Garner-Purkis discusses the current trends in this vast and diverse region.

Competing in the courts
22 August, 2013
Over recent years, I've often commented here on the likely ways competition between new Chinese entrants and established international players will shape the future of the industry. Until recently, my view had been that rather than customers choosing one or the other, partnerships and mergers would gradually draw the two closer together.

200 experts and counting!
12 August, 2013
Just days after the Cranes Today LinkedIn group launched, 200 industry experts have signed up.

ALE places Nooteboom order
31 July, 2013
ALE has placed an order described as being “worth millions” with Nooteboom Trailers for 16 vehicles for the transport of wind turbine parts. Almost all the (mostly 8-axle) extendible semi low-loaders and 4-axle quatro extendible telesteps have by now been delivered and put to work to carry out the very complex logistics of this operation.

Terex focuses on margins as demand softens
30 July, 2013
Announcing lower than expected revenues in the second quarter of 2013, Terex chairman and CEO Ron de Feo told analysts the company had taken 'substantive actions' to reduce costs in its cranes segment. The company expects $15m of restructuring and related costs this quarter to lead to savings of $16m a year.

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.

Can we lift it? Yes we CANZ
09 July, 2013
The Crane Association of New Zealand is holding its annual conference this year in Napier Bay, here Cranes Today looks at the organisation and previews the event.

Terex’s Superlift 3800 performs first job
02 July, 2013
Terex Superlift 3800 crawler crane has performed its first ever lift. Steil Kranarbeiten used the crane in the erection of a wind turbine in Gödenroth, Germany. A video of the lift is available online, at Cranes Today's LinkedIn and Facebook pages.

Card checks aren’t enough: New draft guidance on operator competence
14 June, 2013
The UK Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group has launched a public consultation on a new guidance document, Management of Plant Operator Competence, produced in collaboration with the Construction Plant-hire Association. The guidance stresses managers need to do more than just check operators cards.

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.

For those about to dock, cranes that suit you
12 June, 2013
The development of Maersk's new Triple E, Super Post-Panamax, container vessels has driven demand for a new generation of higher dockside cranes. Zak Garner-Purkis examines how container crane owners plan for this rapidly evolving 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.