July 4, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Nurol Construction Co., part of the Nurol Group of Companies (Nurol), has taken delivery of five new Raimondi cranes in the United Arab Emirates to add to its existing fleet. The cranes, two LR213s and three MRT294s, are already at work across two of the contractor’s jobsites. As part […]
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Companies, Crane Business, Jobsite reports
Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes to handle fruit in Italy
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In the first quarter of 2018, Konecranes won another order from Italy for mobile harbor cranes. Two cranes were recently commissioned at Port of Civitavecchia, Rome. Civitavecchia Fruit & Forest Terminal SpA (CFFT), a subsidiary of the Belgian holding company Noord Natie, purchased one new eco-efficient diesel-electric Konecranes Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Crane and […]
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ALE has used its innovative Mega Jack system to lift both halves of the main arch of Matagarup Bridge in Perth, Australia. ALE executed the complex lifting and installation works for two 400t steel wishbones that form the large central arch of the bridge, with the completed arch reaching 72m above water level at its […]
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Nenzing (Austria) June 2018 – The Port of Vado Ligure is expanding its capacity. Mounted on the barge “Wise”, the Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane HS 8130 HD is removing sediment from the mouth of the port and is increasing the depth of the water to enable trouble-free shipping. As one of the major hubs […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports
The new SENNEBOGEN 624 E taxi duty cycle crane with casing machine proved its worth in France
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Speyser, a family-run company from Bas-Rhin, France, is widely known in eastern France for its expertise in special large-diameter and deep drilling operations. As a loyal partner of SENNEBOGEN, they reaffirmed their confidence in the machine manufacturer by investing in a completely new duty cycle crane concept. One of the first construction sites to use […]
Crane Business, Crane News, Jobsite reports
Linden Comansa and BKL install a modular building on a Berlin rooftop
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German rental and crane specialist BKL supplies a tower crane model 21LC750 for the Construction of a modular hotel on top of a shopping centre. One of Germany’s most powerful hire cranes, a Linden Comansa 21LC750 from BKL Baukran Logistik’s crane fleet, now stands on the parking deck of Berlin’s mall Ring-Center. Until the summer, […]
Crane Business, Jobsite reports, New cranes
ALE uses unique skidding techniques for korchagin topside in Russia
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ALE has used a unique offshore skidding technique for the first time to assist with the offshore installation of the satellite platform (SP) topside, weighing 2,565t, for the Korchagin oil field development project in Russia. ALE was contracted to perform the engineering, weighing, jacking and load-out of the SP topside, as well as the mooring […]
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A dozen wireless Straightpoint (SP) load cells were added to a custom-built lifting frame that utilized 12 pick points to raise a pair of non-identical refinery modules at a major brownfield project at Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada recently. The 100-tonne capacity Radiolink plus dynamometers were provided by Stoney Creek, Ontario-based Equipment Corps Inc., […]
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Al Faris takes delivery of the first Liebherr LRT rough-terrain cranes in the Middle East
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Ehingen / Donau (Germany), June 2018 – Al Faris Equipment Rentals took delivery of two new Liebherr rough-terrain cranes at its company headquarters in Dubai in April – an LRT 1090-2.1 and an LRT 1100-2.1. These are the first of the new Liebherr series to enter use in the Middle East. They are part of […]
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The versatility of Reid Lifting’s Porta-Gantry range has once again been demonstrated, this time during the heart-warming rescue of a seal pup trapped by boulders on a South Wales beach, which has since been successfully released to the wild. The 5,000kg working load limit (WLL) gantry system was erected above the seal, nicknamed Miracle by […]