LTM Mobile Crane helps Heddle Construction move in front of island competition.
Orkney-based contractor Heddle Construction has recently added a Liebherr LTM 1220-5.2 mobile crane to its hire fleet, making the firm owners of the largest mobile crane based in the Orkney Isles. Featuring a 60m telescopic main boom and a 12.20 –22m swing away […]
Load Systems International GS075-B Wireless Anti-Two-Block Switch
Load Systems International GS075-B Wireless Anti-Two-Block Switch
Load Systems International GS075-B Wireless Anti-Two-Block Switch FEATURES:
The GS075-B Anti-Two-Block-Weight & Chain Assembly offers users the classic method of hanging the A2B switch from the boom tip, users add a separate weight and chain to the switch assembly
The GS075-B can be adapted […]
MEC develops 60ft titan boom for crane service
Crane Service
Aerial work platform manufacturer MEC, Kerman, Calif., is developing a 60-foot version of its Titan Boom aerial platformfor crane service. The largest current model in the family is the 40-foot Titan Boom 40-S. The new Titan Boom will provide 20 more feet of platform height.
An MEC […]
Liebherr Crane aids Nigerian’s government port upgrade project
Liebherr Crane
A program of dredging and refurbishment along at ports lining Nigeria’s Niger River is gathering pace with the delivery of two Liebherr LHM 180 mobile harbour cranes to Onitsha River Port. Onitsha River Port’s purchase of Liebherr’s 64-tonners is in response to the port’s redevelopment, which […]
Tower Cranes
Cranes
A new guide to help inexperienced crane buyers identify whether or not a tower crane is compliant with EU legislation has been released by the Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE). In a move to combat the illegal import and use of non-compliant tower cranes across Europe, CECE has collaborated with a number […]
Terex Crane Client Uses Hammerheads to repair ships
Terex Crane
Two Terex Crane SK 415 hammerhead tower cranes are being used for repairing large vessels at a shipyard on the American East Coast, providing an unusual solution for servicing large vessels.
Detyens Shipyards of Charleston, South Carolina specialises in the repair and refurbishment of international state and […]
Two Liebherr luffing jib cranes construct Latin America’s tallest tower
Liebherr cranes
Two Liebherr luffing jib cranes are being used to construct Latin America’s tallest tower, the 300-metre (984ft) Torre Gran Costanera in Santiago, Chile, with another 12 Liebherr tower cranes being deployed for the construction of the Costanera Center, of which the tower forms the […]
Terex Crane
Terex Crane
Terex Crane Corp., Westport, Conn., will close its Wilmington, N.C., production facilities over the next several months.
The facility does some assembly and fabrication of tower cranes and small crawler cranes. Service and aftermarket support for these product lines will remain in Wilmington for the foreseeable future. Parts will be housed in Southaven, Miss. […]
Manitowoc Crane sales grow 22.9% despite market pressure
Manitowoc Crane
Manitowoc’s first half financial results for 2011 show cranes segment sales increasing by 22.9% from $451.6m to $544.8m year on year while market pressures helped force operating margins down 3.2%. Manitowoc Crane
Cranes segment sales were largely responsible for helping achieve group sales figures of $949.8m for […]
Anti Two Block (a2b) Switch
Anti Two Block
Cranes are provided with two different configurations of anti two block switches, i.e.
some having only one anti two block switch, and some having two anti two block switches. Correct use of the anti two
block switches must be followed to prevent material damage and serious or even fatal
accidents. The […]
