Category Archives: Crane News

ALE utilises innovative barge for wind component load-out

ALE’s latest marine investment, the SARAH S barge, has been deployed on its inaugural job to transport transition pieces (TPs) as part an offshore wind project in the UK. ALE was contracted to provide the specialist offshore engineering as well as the marine transportation, sea-fastening, load-out and ballasting of over 100 TPs for Ørsted’s Hornsea […]

Modulift Spreader Beam Raises Chimney in Tandem Lift

Baltic mobile crane rental company Strele Logistics supplied lifting and rigging equipment, including a Modulift spreader beam, as a 49t chimney was installed at a biological waste treatment facility in Kaunas, Lithuania last month (February). Strele accepted a scope of work to load the 35m-long, 2.75m-diameter pipe where it was manufactured at Enerstena Group’s facility, […]

Empire Crane Places Order for 14 New DEMAG CRANES

ZWEIBRÜCKEN – March 5, 2018 – Customer demand for strong, compact all terrain cranes rises in North America. Terex Cranes distributor Empire Crane Co. in North Syracuse, NY therefore placed an order for new models including seven AC 45 City cranes. An uptick in the construction industry, and customers’ interest in crane models that are […]

A Further LR 1250 Enhances Crane Fleet and Convinces During Works Expansion

Nenzing (Austria) March 2018 – The company Dornseiff expands its fleet with a crawler crane type LR 1250. Both the continuously variable main boom of the Liebherr crane and the possibility of increasing lifting capacity were huge advantages on the jobsite for the works expansion of the lighting manufacturer Osram in Regensburg, where Dornseiff’s new […]

Linden Comansa will be exhibiting at the Big 5 Heavy show in Dubai

Tower crane manufacturer and dealer AREMATES will show one of the models of higher demand in Emirates, the 16CM260 12t flat-top crane The Big 5, a brand of reference in the Middle East with regard to construction fairs, is organizing the Big 5 Heavy show, an event dedicated solely to machinery for public works and […]

Global Crane Market is growing at 2% CAGR to reach $20bn by 2024

According to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Crane Market is slated to cross USD 20 billion business by 2024, the shipments exceeded 25,000 units in 2016. Raimondi Cranes’ latest launch of luffing jib crane is symptomatic of the relentless efforts undertaken by crane market giants to be placed at a higher […]

Raimondi Cranes and GP Mat International to exhibit two new cranes onsite at Intermat 2018 in Paris

February 27, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Raimondi Cranes SpA, established in 1863, will be exhibiting at Intermat 2018 in Paris, France, together with its exclusive French agent, GP MAT International. Onsite from April 23-28 inclusive at the Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte, France, Raimondi Cranes and GP MAT can be found at Extension 6 stand […]

Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes in service in Copenhagen Malmö Port

Konecranes has strengthened its presence in Scandinavia with two Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbor Cranes. The cranes have been handling scrap and dry bulk materials in Malmö, Sweden since the autumn of 2017. Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) purchased the eco-efficient electric four-rope grab cranes during the first half of 2017 as part of a long-term […]

Konecranes strengthens its bulk handling presence in Japan with a Model 4 mobile harbor crane

At the end of 2017, Konecranes received its first order for a Konecranes Gottwald Model 4 Mobile Harbor Crane from Japan. The crane will be dedicated to bulk handling. Konecranes will supply the eco-efficient, diesel-electric Model 4 crane to Miike Port Logistics (MPL). MPL will begin to operate the crane which was ordered via Chikuho Seisakusho Co., […]

Raimondi launches the LR330 luffing jib crane with transformative heavy lifting technology

February 20, 2018 (Legnano, Milan, Italy)- Raimondi Cranes SpA, established in 1863, has announced a transformative approach to heavy lifting technology, the luffing jib LR330. Showcased to Raimondi’s exclusive agent network ahead of wider release, the LR330 luffing jib crane will officially begin shipping in March to fulfill agent presell orders, and is now available […]