Cranes play a crucial role in galvanizing and finishing plants and Street Crane Company, the UK’s largest factory crane and hoist manufacturer, has developed a range of modified hoists to address the corrosive environmental challenges. These are based on the ZX hoist platform, a modern wire rope unit that is now also available suitably upgraded […]
Author Archives: Maarten Zijlmans
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Mar
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Dutch firm Mavebo B.V. have added two UNIC Mini Spider cranes to their hire fleet. The UNIC URW-295 and its big brother, the UNIC URW-1006 were purchased from Aerial Work Platforms B.V. in the Netherlands. Eric Bos, owner of Mavebo B.V. worked as a crane driver for many years before setting up the company in […]
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Feb
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Konecranes will deliver 10 all-electric Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to Georgia Ports Authority in the US. The RTGs will go into service at Garden City Terminal, Port of Savannah. With this delivery, scheduled for the summer of 2016, the Port of Savannah will operate a total of 146 Konecranes RTGs. All-electric RTGs This order […]
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Feb
Feb
In the vicinity of Straubing, Germany, Eurosond successfully used a SENNEBOGEN 690 HD with diaphragm wall grab for flood control on the Danube. Flood control The German national government and federal states have initiated a 5.4 billion euro investment program for flood control on Germany’s rivers. After the flood of the century in 2013, construction has […]
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Feb
Feb
ALE has lifted the biggest and heaviest bridge sections as part of the final stages of the Cadiz Bridge construction project in Spain. At 3,082m long and 31-34m wide, the new bridge is being built over the bay of Cadiz with the aim of connecting Cadiz with Puerto Real, the North area of old town […]
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Feb
Feb
Aluminium HGV crane technology from Werne, Westphalia, has enjoyed an excellent reputation in other European countries for many years. Recently, the British crane rental company Ainscough ordered a total of eight truck-mounted cranes of type AK 44/4000 from Böcker through their UK dealer Kranlyft. Apart from their maximum extension length of 44 metres, the models […]
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Feb
Feb
The installation of a massive railway bridge in extremely constricted conditions on a precipitous site presents a whole series of challenges. A difficult crane job, fiddly and complex – just the job for Uwe Langer. The boss of Riga-Mainz completed precisely this job in Bad Wimpfen, Baden-Württemberg with his team and a Liebherr LR 1600/2 […]
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Feb
Feb
TweWe-Bau is making good use of a SENNEBOGEN 673 telescopic crane crawler in the construction of a new slipway. Up to 21 m long sheet pile walls are first placed with the crane in order to later be driven into the ground by a vibrator. This is where the robust telescopic crane showcases its strengths. […]
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Feb
Feb
Group advancing development of national demonstration of skills test for mobile crane operators, a key trade serving many Canadian industries An industry committee led by the Asia Pacific Gateway Skills Table (Skills Table) is advancing the development of a voluntary, Canada-wide demonstration of skills test (DOST) for mobile crane operators, a key occupation serving many […]
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Feb
Feb
As the strongest spider crane on the market, GGR’s 10 ton capacity UNIC URW-1006 mini crane is proving more and more popular for taking on heavy duty lifting operations both in the UK and in Europe. Spanish firm Amara S.A. have recently purchased two UNIC URW-1006 cranes from UNIC Cranes dealer, Spain Crane International. “Both […]