Author Archives: Maarten Zijlmans

Terex supplies model 2 harbour crane to Norway

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) recently supplied Norwegian company, Saga Fjordbase AS, with a diesel-electric Terex® Gottwald Model 2 harbour crane, G HMK 2304 variant. Saga Fjordbase, a subsidiary of the Norwegian INC Group, started operating the crane in February 2014 at its Florø terminal. The Port of Florø lies on the Norwegian coast around 150 km north […]

the Port of Antwerp presents most powerful mobile harbour cranes

On 12 May 2014, Antwerp terminal operator Zuidnatie NV (Zuidnatie) presented two new Terex® Gottwald Model 8 mobile harbour cranes from Terex Port Solutions (TPS) with an inauguration ceremony. With a maximum lifting capacity of 200 t each, the large cranes in the G HMK 8710 variant are the most powerful mobile harbour cranes in the Port of Antwerp […]

Linden Comansa and Bashkransnab repeat at CTT Moscow tradeshow

Tower crane manufacturer Linden Comansa and its Russian distributor Bashkransnab will jointly exhibit again at the construction machinery fair CTT in Moscow. The tradeshow, the most important of Russia and its neighboring countries, will be held from June 3rd to 7th at the International Exhibition Centre Crocus Expo of Moscow. In Moscow’s 2012 CTT tradeshow, […]

Two very quiet STS KoneCranes to port of Oslo

Konecranes received an order from the Port of Oslo, Norway, for two Panamax-size STS (Ship-to-Shore) cranes with an option for one more STS. Konecranes’ target is that these will be the most silent and eco-efficient STS cranes in the world. They will be delivered in the autumn of 2015. “Silence is golden: our goal is […]

Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 to install generator sets

Moh Seng Cranes, a Singapore crane hire company, has taken delivery of the first Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 mobile crane in Southeast Asia. Moh Seng Cranes was awarded the contract to install generator sets, each weighing 21 tons, on top of an industrial building at a working radius of 70 meters. “Liebherr machines have always worked […]

New UK Sennebogen dealer: AGD Equipment Ltd

Sennebogen announced the appointment of our new dealer for construction cranes in the UK and Ireland. AGD Equipment Ltd is taking over from E.H. Hassell & Sons, who will focus solely on their core competences in material handling and harbor cranes. AGD Equipment Ltd are a well-established UK business servicing the construction, civil engineering and […]

Looking back on ConExpo 2014

On Saturday March 8th finished another edition of the ConExpo-Con/Agg tradeshow, 2014’s most important appointment for the construction machinery sector in the entire American continent. Opening ceremony To get a good impression of the opening ceremony and the first day, we recommend watching the video above. New records CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2014 took center stage […]

UNIC Spider Crane helps put the fire back into Welsh Dragon at memorial site

A UNIC mini spider crane took a trip to a World War I battlefield to lift a sculpture of a miniature red Welsh dragon at an iconic war memorial in the village of Mametz in Picardy, France recently. A 0.995 ton capacity UNIC URW-095 mini spider crane was hired by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission […]

SENNEBOGEN 640 HD crawler crane for Pakistan Railways

The Pakistani dealer AJCL delivered a new SENNEBOGEN 640 HD to the state railway company, Pakistan Railways, at the end of 2013. The robust duty cycle crawler crane is used to perform maintenance tasks on the railroad network and for numerous lifting tasks. AJCL Since 2013, AJCL (Ahmed Jaffer & Company Ltd) has represented SENNEBOGEN […]

Four Liebherr LTM 1055-3.2 cranes for the the Swiss Army

In February 2014, Liebherr delivered four new LTM 1055-3.2 mobile cranes to the Armasuisse, the purchasing division of the Swiss Army. The triple-axle mobile cranes were handed over on the company’s site in Reiden. The Swiss Department for Defence, Civil Protection and Sport has now bought a total of ten Liebherr cranes in various lifting […]