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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.

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.

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

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.

Single-line guiding system from Liebherr
10 December, 2018
Liebherr has developed the SLGS single-line guiding system for the installation of individual wind turbine blades using rotor blade yokes.

Testing complete on synthetic rope
06 December, 2018
Liebherr has completed testing on the new soLITE synthetic rope it is developing with Teufelberger for its tower cranes. The process saw more than 70,000m of rope tested over 55,000 hours, on test benches and in the field. The rope will be used on a new tower crane, launching at Bauma in April.

Twin mobile cranes lift hanging trains
30 November, 2018
Crane and heavy logistics firm Neeb has used two Liebherr cranes to carefully remove hanging trains from Wuppertal’s suspension railway. The replacement of the trains, dating back to 1972, provoked local controversy, and many have been sold or raffled for re-use.

Compact crane in power
21 November, 2018
A Liebherr LTC 1050-3.1 compact crane was used to carry out maintenance work at a power plant in Saxony.

Six Liebherr towers in Berlin
13 November, 2018
Six Liebherr luffing jib tower cranes are being used for the construction of publishing company Axel Springer’s new building in Berlin.

Truly heavy
13 November, 2018
In the first of two articles, Stuart Anderson, president of Chortsey Barr, looks at the development of heavy duty crawlers. In part two, next month, he looks in more detail at the Japanese industry, and a variety of attachments and applications for these machines

States of happiness
13 November, 2018
The crane market in North America faces steel tariffs and mid-term election uncertainties. Nevertheless, Julian Champkin finds optimism, even in hard-hit areas.

Orders and deliveries
30 October, 2018
Recent fleet updates include orders and deliveries of Liebherr, Demag, Terex, Grove, National Crane, Fassi and Kato cranes.

Liebherr buys Morrow Australia and New Zealand
30 October, 2018
Liebherr Tower Cranes division has acquired crane rental and sales companies Morrow Australia and New Zealand.

Al Faris gallops into the future
19 October, 2018
Emirati lifting firm Al Faris has made use of an Enerpac SBL900 gantry system to handle girders that will form part of the new Route 2020 extension to the Dubai Metro.

Gulf cranes multiply
08 October, 2018
Construction activity is strong across the Middle East, Sotiris Kanaris looks at the crane market and interesting projects in the region.

The new sweet spot
08 October, 2018
Rough terrain cranes are getting bigger. With 100USt models now the ‘sweet spot’ in the USA, 100t and 90t models are finding new markets around the world. Julian Champkin reports.

An inventive season
08 October, 2018
We have a surprising flurry of new crane launches this month. This includes a series of new tower cranes, new loader cranes, and a new rough terrain.

Orders and deliveries
02 October, 2018
Recent fleet updates include orders and deliveries of Kobelco, Liebherr, Demag, Terex, Grove, Tadano and Kato.