All articles by Amit Thadani
Amit Thadani
Tadano provides training for Tiong Woon operators
29 days of technical training provided by Tadano at Tiong Woon’s head office.
Wind work for South Korea’s first MLC650
Small set up space requirements plus increased lifting capacity from boom-insert kit and VPC-MAX mean Manitowoc lattice boom crawler is selected for large wind work job.
New Hiab heavy loader crane
New compact 90-tonne metre heavy loader crane packed with technology.
Energising the industry
Wind power work continues to be a key driver of demand for special transport equipment and services; this is bolstered by more traditional power generation and other industries. Cranes Today reports.
Future thinking
The paradox is, in order to increase our production of renewable zero carbon energy we need to mine more metal and minerals than required for traditional energy sources. Cranes Today looks at the lifting industry’s response to the carbon-zero imperative in mining applications.
All terrain buyers want what?!
What do all terrain crane users actually want? Is it higher capacity machines? Cranes with all-singing, all-dancing digital tech that calculates everything? Or do they just want basic assemblies of steel and wire rope than can lift as great a load as possible and do it on fewer axles than before? Julian Champkin investigates.
Raising the bar
The second lift for crane and heavy haulage contractor MaxiKraft’s new Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane was a 200 tonne crane girder at a steel casting plant.
Urgent action required
Yesterday was the hottest day on record ever here in the UK. Wildfires currently rage in Greece, Spain and Italy as the heatwave moves across Europe.