by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Caterpillar will shift design and production of its smallest hydraulic excavators to Caterpillar facilities beginning in 2018 as the company phases out a successful, six-year strategic alliance with Wacker Neuson. Caterpillar will focus on growing its global...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
One person was injured when a Ruthmann Straight Boom Aerial Lift mounted on a truck tipped over in Germany. The truck platform was owned by GigaLift.
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Mining News
Heavy equipment manufacturer, Komatsu America Corp. recently appointed Dan Funcannon as vice president and general manager of the company’s mining division. With extensive experience in the company’s research and development group, Funcannon leaves his current...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
“People are really excited” about the investment we’ve made in digital and consultative services within Cat® Connect. “It’s up to us to harvest that excitement,” says Digital & Technology Manager Terri Lewis. Terri works within Caterpillar’s Energy &...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
ONE of the largest mobile cranes a five axle Terex All Terrain crane in Walvis Bay tipped over next to the civic center during the lunch hour and crashed onto three vehicles parked in the public parking area. Municipal officials told The Namibian that all of the...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Whiting Corp a trusted name in the overhead crane industry for over 100 years has transplanted advanced material handling technology into a 200t crane at the Tulsa port of Catoosa. The port is served by a sophisticated multi-hoist 200t bridge crane, which had to be...
by admin | Aug 31, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
Siemens has provided PSA Singapore with fully automated gantry cranes to help the busiest transshipment hub in the world handle a growing business with growing container ship sizes. As a nation of just 5.5 million people, Singapore is understandably not a large...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Switzerland largest crane, a Fanger Kran owned Liebherr 750-ton LR 1750/2 crawler worked this past weekend on a bridge project. The orginal truss built in 1962 had to be removed. The machine had to be carefully positioned to set two new 130-ton prefabricated plates....
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
The JOC.com reports, the South Carolina Ports Authority has ordered 12 rubber-tire gantry cranes for use at Charleston’s Wando Welch terminal, which port officials expect this year to handle its first ship with a capacity of 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units. The...
by admin | Aug 30, 2016 | Constuction & Business News
Increases customer choice; enhances online offerings; provides penetration into large, additional segments Business combination expected to significantly increase growth in revenue and earnings; effectively uses strength of Ritchie Bros.’ balance sheet Transaction...
