The company is a sister company of Orascom Trading, Manitowoc’s main distributor in Egypt for Grove mobile cranes. The new cranes include ten Grove RT650Es, six RT765E-2 models, six RT890E models and two RT9130E-2s.

The majority of new purchases have been delivered to work at power plants and oil refineries.

Mamdouh Fahmy, equipment director at Orascom Construction, said: “The main reason we selected these Grove rough-terrain cranes was because they are designed to handle the tough desert conditions found on job sites and provide excellent manoeuvrability when working in confined spaces.”

The 50t Grove RT650E rough terrain crane has a four-section main boom, which can be extended to 32m with optimal fixed and telescoping boom extensions, while the RT765E-2 has a 60t capacity with a 33.5m main boom. The RT890E can handle lifts of up to 80t, while the RT9130E-2 is one of the largest rough terrain cranes with a maximum capacity of 120t with a 48.8m five-section full-power telescoping main boom.