by admin | May 30, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Equipment Rental News
Rosharon, Texas – Mammoet recently completed a lift of coke drums at the Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery in Louisiana with its PTC 140 crane. With a capacity of up to 5,000 tons, the Mammoet-designed PTC 140 is one of the largest cranes in its fleet and in the...
by admin | May 22, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
Nordic Crane Vest AS, a part of Crane Norway Group, has signed an order for eight new Demag all terrain cranes, ranging from 130- to 250-tonne lifting capacities. The company has already taken delivery of a new 650-tonne Demag CC 3800-1 crawler crane. “As a leading...
by admin | Apr 19, 2017 | Energy News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A Maine man was killed Tuesday after the crane he was operating struck a high-tension power line at a construction site, police said. David Sprague, 59, of Windham, Maine, was operating a crane on a wind turbine construction site in Searsburg around 11 a.m. Tuesday,...
by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
A team of five Grove rough-terrain cranes helped to build the 525 MW-capacity Cerro del Aguila hydroelectric power plant in the province of Tayacaja, Peru. Two Grove RT530E-2s, two RT765E-2s and a RT9130E-2 were all working long shifts on the four-year project that...
by admin | Mar 9, 2017 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA – The last rotor of Ararat Wind Farm’s 75 turbines has been installed by contractor Mammoet. The cable trenching and installation by RJE Global is also complete. To finish the project there just remains the connection of cables to the turbines...
by admin | Mar 7, 2017 | Energy News
A U.S. federal judge declined Tuesday to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, clearing the way for oil to flow as soon as next week. The Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux had asked U.S. District Judge...
