All articles by Cristina Brooks
Cristina Brooks
Al Faris invests in oil and gas
UAE lifting firm Al Faris announced it would purchase USD$50m (€40m) worth of cranes in 2013, enlarging its specialised energy rental fleet.
Bigge uses megacrawler for power plant conversion
Bigge Crane and Rigging recently completed a job at a port in Northern California, lifting components for a new biomass power plant.
Manitex’s buoyant Q2 results
US boom truck producer Manitex International, based Bridgeview, IL, announced a record-breaking 42% rise in revenue and a 195% rise in backlog since Q2 2011, in part due to energy and power demand for trailers and boom trucks.
ALE’s Australian joint venture
ALE Australia, the regional branch of the major UK hiring firm, announced a joint venture with heavylifter ECR, of Gladstone, Australia.
It’s a little dolly
Scheuerle and Nicolas have announced the launch of a new generation of the EuroCompact semi-trailer combination for special transport.
Manitowoc designs wind attachment feature
Manitowoc has launched a new feature, called the Boom Raise System (BRS), for the 400t 16000 Wind Attachment, designed to raise longer Wind Attachment boom lengths.
Conviction, but no blame for fatal crash, for Marquette
The final criminal case on two New York tower cranes that collapsed in March and May 2008 has convicted inspector Edward Marquette of unrelated charges.
Essex expects more infrastructure and energy work
Illinois-based Essex, an American crane rental firm, reported its Q2 2012 results, with equipment sales of $8.6m representing a continued increase, rising 61.4% over the same figure for the period last year.
Sany America appoints new chairman
In the newly created position of chairman of Sany America, Tim Frank will have overall responsibility for manufacturing, sales, marketing and support for all Sany equipment products in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.
Sarens Australia wins big LNG and mining contracts
In the last two months Sarens Australia secured more than four contracts for heavy cranage and heavy transport for works such as the Gorgon and Gladstone LNG Projects in Australia.