by admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
PALFINGER MARINE has signed a contract to deliver 66 PSM 400 stiff boom cranes for Merkur Offshore GmbH. This is one of the biggest German wind farms and is located 45 km from Borkum, Germany in the North Sea. The turbines will be supplied by GE Renewable Energy...
by admin | Oct 6, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
According to XCMG, XGC stands for Xtreme Great Creative. Their line up of telescopic crawler cranes are highlighted in this official video from the Chinese...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
A Link-Belt 150-ton (136.08 mt) 238 HSL lattice crawler crane lifts a 95,000 lb. (43 091 kg), 103 ft. (31.3 m) long bulb-tee concrete girder into place, 70 ft. (21.3 m) above Sugar Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania. In order to place the last five concrete girders to...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Self-driving vehicles that can seamlessly shuttle people around cities are years away—perhaps even decades, depending on who is providing the forecast. But the founders of Clearpath Robotics aren’t worried. They already have fleets of self-driving vehicles operating...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitowoc welcomed more than 320 guests to its factory in Niella Tanaro, Italy, to celebrate the launch of the new Potain Hup 40-30. The Hup 40-30 is the second model from the new Potain Hup range, after the Hup 32-27, which was launched at bauma 2016. On September...
by admin | Oct 5, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Three cranes built by Sheffield, UK-based Mechan are standing at Northern Rail’s depot in Liverpool, following a £23 million project to increase its capacity. The heavy lifting specialist has built two bespoke jib cranes for Northern Rail, to work alongside an...