Tower cranes

Inside Liebherr’s toughest tower crane deployments

Max Widder, Head of Project Planning at Liebherr Tower Crane Solutions, explains what it takes...

Spierings eLift wins JDL d’Or 2026 for equipment electrification

Spierings Mobile Cranes has won the JDL d'Or 2026 at JDL Expo in Beaune, taking...

Potain Evy 28-21 self-erector to debut at Batimat 2026

Manitowoc will launch the 2.2-tonne Potain Evy 28-21 self-erecting crane at Batimat 2026 in Paris,...

Potain launches heavyweight MDT 1609, first crane goes to Germany

The 40-tonne MDT 1609 is now the largest topless crane in the Potain range. The...

Two Liebherr NC-B 12-70 flat-tops squeeze into Sai Kung housing site

A pair of Liebherr NC-B 12-70 flat-top tower cranes is handling the lifting on a...

Italy’s first Liebherr Fibre crane builds Val Trompia water plant

Facchetti Costruzioni has put a Liebherr 240 EC-B Fibre to work on the Bovegno drinking...

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...