Kevin Ceccon, GP3 Series Italian driver sponsored by Raimondi Cranes dazzled fans in England after an artistic performance in Silverstone Race. The Italian champion, which was already sponsored by the 150-year old crane manufacturer, sealed the deal this weekend with the Italian company and it is now its brand ambassador. “I am very happy but […]
Category Archives: General
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Jul
Jul
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) continues to gain ground in the Italian market. Porto di Carrara S.p.A. (Marina di Carrara) purchased a diesel-electric Terex® Gottwald Model 7 mobile harbour crane in the G HMK 7608 variant which was delivered in June 2015. This new crane is operating as part of an overall fleet of 11 Terex Gottwald mobile harbour cranes […]
09
Jun
Jun
With the vertical line finder and the horizontal load path Liebherr now presents two control assistance devices for its LR 1300 crawler crane. Both innovative systems increase the comfort during crane operation. The Liebherr control system Litronic® is already well-known for its user-friendliness in the crane world. With the new control assistance features vertical line […]
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May
May
Liebherr unveiled the new 300-ton LTM 1300-6.2 at the Bauma 2013, featuring a brand new power concept to operate the superstructure. Instead of the twin-engine concept normally used on cranes in this class this crane is powered by a single engine with a mechanical shaft. Gear shafts are routed from the distributor gear in the […]
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Feb
Feb
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
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 […]
08
Dec
Dec
FibreMax is producing lightweight synthetic crane pendants with a length of over 55 meter; the pendants will have a breaking strength of 680 tonnes. The weight, including end terminations is only 395kg. The pendants will be used on a luffing-jib tower crane. Part of the order are also lightweight synthetic crane pendants with a length […]
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Nov
Nov
The Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will be the very first building over 1,000 meters in height. Liebherr was awarded the order to supply four HC-L series tower cranes for the project. Four Liebherr luffing jib cranes are to be used on the tallest building in the world, three type 280 HC-L 16/28 and one […]
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Nov
Nov
In the beginning of November 2014, a brand new heavy lift crawler crane was delivered to Belgium-based Aertssen. After delivery, The Terex SuperLift 3800 (650T class) was directly mobilized to the construction yard of a wind farm in the Port of Antwerp. The wind farm consists of 5 wind mills, of which 3 were erected […]
14
Nov
Nov
Official dealer Bulgarcom delivers a Linden Comansa 21LC290 tower crane to build two tall chimneys in a sulphuric acid plant. The Aurubis Group, one of the world’s leading copper producers, owns a plant near the Bulgarian town of Pirdop. As well as copper, this plant also produces sulphuric acid as a bi-product. This chemical compound […]