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Asian Hercules III Project
Wednesday, 1 Feb, 2012 – 8:17 | No Comment
Asian Hercules III Project

Gunnebo Johnson Corporation landed the prestigious Asian Hercules III project, together with Franklin Offshore in Singapore. Over the next twenty five months from then the crane ship will be designed, tested, manufactured and delivered. of the largest crane ships in the world – for the offshore business.

CTE develops fire platform/crane
Friday, 13 Jan, 2012 – 7:54 | No Comment
CTE develops fire platform/crane

Italian manufacturer CTE has built a combined truck mounted aerial lift and loader crane for a fire department in Hong Kong.

Valla Releases Pair of New Cranes
Wednesday, 11 Jan, 2012 – 8:23 | No Comment
Valla Releases Pair of New Cranes

Valla Calendasco, Italy, has introduced the 13.23-ton 120EVO compact battery powered pick and carry crane.

5J Trucking tandem lifts for oil
Friday, 23 Dec, 2011 – 8:14 | No Comment
5J Trucking tandem lifts for oil

Oilfield services company 5J Trucking, used its two new Sany America crawler cranes to lift a 90,000 pound (41 tonne) oil derrick.

Shuttlelift Introduces, Double-Beam Mobile Gantry Cranes
Wednesday, 21 Dec, 2011 – 8:35 | No Comment
Shuttlelift Introduces, Double-Beam Mobile Gantry Cranes

In response to a growing need for efficient and cost effective lifting solutions Shuttlelift launched a new series of double-beam mobile gantry cranes.

Arrival of a new LHM 600 Litronic port crane
Wednesday, 7 Dec, 2011 – 7:42 | No Comment
Arrival of a new LHM 600 Litronic port crane

With a maximum load of up to 208 tons, the LMH 600 is the strongest quay crane in service in the Port of Hamburg. The key feature is that Liebherr’s Synchronising Crane Control System which permits synchronised operation of two Liebherr port mobile cranes in tandem, using only one crane driver, hence increasing the ultimate load of the cranes.

Kobelco launches new S series crawlers
Thursday, 1 Dec, 2011 – 7:42 | No Comment
Kobelco launches new S series crawlers

Kobelco Cranes has started production of its new S series crawler cranes aimed at markets outside of Japan, Europe and North America.

Liebherr multipurpose marine crane
Wednesday, 30 Nov, 2011 – 7:57 | No Comment
Liebherr multipurpose marine crane

Liebherr has released details of a new crane that serves as both an offshore and mobile harbour crane. The new hybrid product has been developed in partnership with Liebherr Nenzing, Lukoil–Kaliningradmorneft and Liebherr-Russland and will be delivered by the end of 2012.

Comansa breaks flat top record
Wednesday, 23 Nov, 2011 – 8:13 | One Comment
Comansa breaks flat top record

Spanish tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa has announced the world’s largest flat top tower crane range, topped by a 64 tonne model.

“Power Boom” for Liebherr Lattice Boom Cranes
Tuesday, 22 Nov, 2011 – 8:08 | No Comment
“Power Boom” for Liebherr Lattice Boom Cranes

At the Liebherr factory site in Ehingen, Germany, a lattice boom crane is towering 150 m above the ground in a form that has never been seen before. At the lower part of the crane the lattice sections are assembled parallel to each other; at the top, the double boom has been joined together to form a single boom.