by admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Kenz Cranes have been awarded with a contract for the design and production of two knuckle boom cranes for Heerema Marine Contractors. These will be replacing the current knuckle boom cranes on the deepwater construction vessel Aegir. Kenz Cranes will design a 200t...
by admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
The chairman of construction firm JCB has written to his 6,000-strong UK workforce to explain why he’s in favour of leaving the EU. Lord Bamford says he voted to stay in the Common Market in 1975 but did not vote for a political union. Watch Report HERE Lord...
by admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Manufacturer News, Mining News
Accourding to the BizTimes there have been a lot of depressing headlines for the Milwaukee-area mining equipment manufacturing operations of Joy Global Inc. and Caterpillar Inc. over the past year. Milwaukee-based Joy posted a $1.2 billion loss last year, closed its...
by admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
A hulking 1,400t capacity gantry crane, rigged with below-the-hook equipment from Modulift, has lifted nearly 100 transition pieces weighing 380t each onto barges in Poland for transportation to the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The crane, owned by...
by admin | Jun 10, 2016 | Manufacturer News
Building on the success of its previous E55W model, Bobcat has launched the E57W Stage IIIB-compliant wheeled excavator. With an operating weight of 5,920kg, the new model is equipped with the Bobcat D24 diesel engine that delivers a four per cent increase in power...
by admin | Jun 10, 2016 | Manufacturer News
Haulotte North America has appointed Steve Watts as the new Vice President of Sales for its Aerial Work Platform Division. Watts joins the company from Snorkel, where he most recently served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and prior to that served as Vice...