Cranes Today Magazine
HSC launches new crawler cranes
January 2022 sees the launch of two new 100 tonne and 175 tonne capacity HSC crawler models, which follow two December 2021 crawler launches.
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Mammoet-Giant Taiwan joint venture moves offshore wind jackets
Mammoet’s PTC210-DS ring crane and SPMT/saddle combinations used to assemble offshore wind jackets in Taiwan
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Link-Belt prioritises parts with warehouse expansion
$9 million invested in new warehouse parts space designed to optimise work flow
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Two new Potain towers for Ballast Nedam
New topless tower cranes help Dutch company build student residence in the Netherlands.
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Boom times for ABA Crane Hire
New equipment and busy order books for UK crane hire firm
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New generation of disc brakes launched
Dellner Bubenzer expands product portfolio with launch of SB 28.5
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Mammoet-Giant Taiwan joint venture moves offshore wind jackets
Mammoet’s PTC210-DS ring crane and SPMT/saddle combinations used to assemble offshore wind jackets in Taiwan
LATEST FEATURES
Crane control systems are changing – and changing much faster than the cranes they control. Julian Champkin reports.
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On solid ground
Claire Bélanger-Parker, executive director of the Crane Rental Association of Canada, provides an overview of the not-for-profit organisation, outlining its growth and some of the issues it is currently engaging with.
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Rise and Shine
A dramatic growth in demand shows that the world is, at last, waking-up to the tele crawler, says Cranes Today contributor Stuart Anderson.
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Mountain Machines
Snow, steep gradients, and restricted set-up areas are just some of the challenges facing Prangl as it erects electricity pylons 1800 metres above sea level.
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Island living
This Comansa 11LC160, owned by Purfleet, UK-based specialist mobile crane hire and tower crane hire company City Lifting, is building the final residential units on St Mary's Island, Chatham, UK. According to the site’s main contractor, Countryside, St Mary's Island is Britain’s only planned new island community and is a development of national and regional significance.
LATEST COMMENTS
Evolution of the species
Adaptability is a key quality for survival and it is a attribute demonstrated throughout this issue.
Adaptability is a key quality for survival and it is a attribute demonstrated throughout this issue.
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Adaptability nurtures innovation
Hi, I'm the new editor of Cranes Today; some of you may already know me from my previous job in the world of crane publishing. Starting a new job at the tail end of a global pandemic is certainly a new experience for me. It's particularly strange as, apart from being lucky enough to continuing writing about cranes and specialised transport, I'm still working from the same (home) office. To mark the occasion I am now sitting on the other side of my desk to provide a different perspective of my working environment...
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Cranes and names
Peter Eiler, Rudolf Becker, Helmut Blasé, Heinz Heyer, Dieter Jurgens... Have you ever heard of these people? The answer is ‘probably not’; and it is a pity. They are, or were, engineers of great skill, perhaps genius; and in his article on page 21 Stuart Anderson explains what it was exactly that they did and achieved. Spoiler alert: all these people and more contributed hugely to the development and improvement of the hundred-tonne all-terrain crane to make it the hugely-useful lifting and carrying tool that it is today.
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New Beginnings
The crane industry predominantly consists of long-established manufacturers, many of which were founded just after World War II. This is the reason why when a company decides to enter the market is big news.
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Upward pressure on prices
Will buyers of new and used cranes have to pay a higher price for machines in the coming years?
LATEST EQUIPMENT NEWS
Green Pin® introduces the Power Sling® Shackle in action!
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Sponsored: The History of Åkerströms Björbo AB
Founded in 1918, Akerstroms Bjorbo AB develops, produces, markets and services robust products to a global market for radio remote control of industrial cranes, mobile applications, door-opening systems and locomotives.
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Sponsored: Did you make the SOLAS deadline?
Cranes Today sponsor DLM updates readers on requirement of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
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Sponsored: LTM offers GIS lifting solutions for local malt producers
Cranes Today sponsor LTM explains its GIS range
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Sponsored: Kobelco celebrates order of Mammoet for 17 units Kobelco cranes at Bauma
On Thursday 14th April 2016, the 4th day of BAUMA 2016, KOBELCO celebrated the order of MAMMOET for 17 units KOBELCO cranes with a speech and handshake followed by a traditional Japanese sake ceremony with the MAMMOET team and the KOBELCO team dressed in MAMMOET red Japanese happi coats. Ceremonial hammers were used to break open the sake barrel, after which the sake was shared with the gathered crowd in typical Japanese square wooden cups with the logos of MAMMOET and KOBELCO branded on opposite sides. KOBELCO also handed over to MAMMOET: a Kabuko samourai helmet, sword and bow with arrows.
