At Bauma 2013, a man was spotted riding the roof/top of the man basket on the hook of a Wolffkran tower crane.
Author Archives: Maarten Zijlmans
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May
May
Although the crane division is part of HCME, there are no cranes in this video. Nevertheless it’s a nice video which tells more about HCME and where it stands for.
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May
May
Today, we launched the final version of cranemag.com. The website will now be visible to all visitors.
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May
May
A crane boom collapse caused a heavy load to drop around 30 metres onto a van during the Bauma breakdown last week. Thanks to fast reactions from the operator and colleagues a man escaped unhurt from what would have been a life ending experience. The crane was dismantling an asphalt plant last Thursday at the […]
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Apr
Apr
Sarens Nass Middle East (SNME) is a Strategic Business unit of Sarens and Abdulla Nass Group; Bahrain’s leading provider of Crane services, Heavy lifting and Transportation solutions. SNME has come a long way and celebrated a decade of success on 21st of March, 2013. “We are extremely thrilled about completing 10 years of evergreen success. Sarens […]
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Apr
Apr
Bauma calls: An impressive 530,000 visitors from over 200 countries converged on the Messe München exhibition center between April 15 and 21. Not only did this edition of bauma break all previous records for exhibitor numbers and exhibition space, it also attracted the highest number of visitors ever. Some figures: Approx. 530,000 visitors from over […]
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Apr
Apr
SL6000G: lifting capacities 550 tons SL4500G: lifting capacities: 400 tons The newly developed “SL6000G/SL4500G” and “SL6000S/SL4500S” are redesigned models of the “SL6000”and “SL4500”, and this evolved SL series with improved modernized cabs, user-friendly interface with touch screen technology, improved transport, logistics and efficiency. Additionally, enhanced crane capacities which will surely be favored at many construction […]
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Apr
Apr
Terex Port Solutions received an order from its longstanding customer Operadora de la Cuenca del Pacifico (OCUPA) for a Terex® Gottwald Model 8 Mobile Harbour Crane in the G HMK 8410 variant. This Mobile Harbour Crane will be the largest of its type ever built in the world. Starting from September 2013, it will load […]
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Apr
Apr
The bauma Innovation Award this year is being organized for the tenth time, each time being in conjunction with bauma. The competition is a joint project between the VDMA, the industry federation HDB, the industry associations ZDB and BBS, and Bauma. The award winners: Click on the winner to show more details: [show_hide title=”Machinery: Herrenknecht”]For […]
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Apr
Apr
This past December, Bath Iron Works broke its own heaviest lift record using two Manitowoc 16000 crawler cranes to pick nearly 1,000 USt – more than double the weight previously lifted by the shipyard. The lift was part of a project to construct the Navy’s next-generation DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer warship. Along with two of […]