Tower cranes

Three Liebherr EC-B flat-tops master tight Ki site in Lyon

Three Liebherr EC-B flat-top tower cranes handled all structural lifting on the Ki mixed-use project...

Potain doubles MCT 2205 output as Zhangjiagang factory ramps up

Lean manufacturing methods at Manitowoc's Zhangjiagang plant in China have doubled production of the 80-tonne...

Second Zoomlion LW2800A-200NA tower crane heads for Thai wind farm

Zoomlion has handed over a second LW2800A-200NA wind power tower crane to a Thai customer,...

Potain widens tower crane accessory range from bracing to security

Manitowoc has detailed the growing list of Potain aftermarket accessories for tower cranes, from engineered...

BSF Mobile Cranes adds Liebherr LTM 1400-6.1 and first MK 88-4.1E

Queensland heavy-lift specialist BSF Mobile Cranes has taken a 450-tonne Liebherr LTM 1400-6.1 and Australia's...

Alsace Levage and Cochez Groupe take first Spierings SK597-AT4 eLifts

French lifting specialists Alsace Levage Manutention and Cochez Groupe have each taken delivery of their...

Seven Liebherr tower cranes on Ulm’s B10 bridge replacement

ARGE B10 is replacing Ulm's Wallstrassenbruecke with a seven-crane Liebherr concept from Nagel Mietservice, led...

Potain HDM 40 pulled up Norwegian mountain on skis for restaurant build

Norwegian dealer Kranor fitted a 20-year-old Potain HDM 40 self-erector with custom skis and towed...

Potain tower crane trio erects Miami’s new administration building

A Potain MD559 and two MDT389-L16s from Maxim Crane Works spent eight months erecting the...

Maxim Crane details 36-crane programme at Brickell City Centre

A Maxim Crane Works case study looks back at Brickell City Centre in Miami, where...

Liebherr 85 EC-B tower cranes lift climate science over the Amazon

Four Liebherr 85 EC-B flat-top tower cranes give AmazonFACE researchers safe access above the rainforest...

Potain appoints PT Potaindo Machinery as dealer for Indonesia

PT Potaindo Machinery becomes Potain's official tower crane dealer for Indonesia, offering nationwide sales, service,...

Four Liebherr Tower Cranes Shape Athens’ New 200-Metre Landmark

On the Athens Riviera, a fleet of Liebherr tower cranes is erecting the 200-metre Hard...

Tower crane or telescopic crane: how to pick for the job

Spierings sets out when a mobile tower crane outperforms a telescopic crane, arguing that lift...

Potain launches battery energy systems for tower cranes

Manitowoc's new Potain Power Solutions battery systems are built for tower crane duty cycles, offering...

Seven Liebherr Cranes Squeeze into a Swiss Valley for N16 Bridge Replacement

Between motorway, railway and river, seven Liebherr cranes are replacing two bridges on the Swiss...

First Potain MDT 489 in Iceland lifts Reykjavik housing job

Iceland’s first Potain MDT 489 is covering an entire precast residential site in Reykjavik on...

Inside Manitowoc Lift Solutions: Potain cranes off the standard chart

Manitowoc Lift Solutions adapts Potain tower cranes for non-standard applications, from rail-travelling shipyard gantries in...

Built with Liebherr: Tower Cranes Shape the New Miami Skyline

EC-B flat-tops, EC-H high-tops and HC-L luffers are at work on seven prominent Miami high-rise...

Three Potain MC 480s finish Luding Dadu River Bridge pylons

Three Potain MC 480 tower cranes, bought by dealer Xiamen Vigors in 2016, built the...

Axle load, not tonnage, now decides where cranes can go

Spierings explains how axle load and axle spacing — not gross weight alone — decide...

MSG puts Liebherr’s new MK 120-5.1E through its first nine months

German crane hirer MSG Krandienst reviews its first nine months with one of the earliest...

Nine Potain cranes build Belgrade’s Nemanjin Grad development

Nine Potain cranes — three MDT 219s, four MDT 178s, an MDT 128 and a...

Two Potain tower cranes serve live Milwaukee hospital campus build

Potain MD 559 and MD 569 tower cranes are supporting a parking structure and a...