The goliath gantry crane has a lifting capacity of 300USt and the portal jib cranes 25USt each at a distance of 40m. The joint venture placing the order was a venture of State Oil Company of Azerbaija[...]
A metallurgy plant in southern Europe has installed two identical overhead cranes from BVS Cranes at either end of a 275m-long train station. Each crane comes with a container revolver hoist, one 8.0m[...]
Overhead cranes may seem simple to operate, but mistakes and accidents can happen. Julian Champkin looks at training for operators. Hoists, overhead cranes, gantry cranes: call them what you will, the[...]
Crane builder Brunnhuber has completed testing for the first of two 50t gantry cranes for emergency work on the locks of the Moselle River. The Water and Shipping Authority of Koblenz, Germany, operat[...]
Sumner Manufacturing of Houston, TX, has launched what it calls a lightweight, portable and easy-to-assemble GH2T Gantry Crane, to provide mechanical contractors with portable lifting. The GH2T Gantry[...]
Air Technical Industries developed a bespoke crane for handling particularly dangerous cargo—live sharks—at an aquarium in New York. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in New York City needed[...]
Demag Cranes AG’s Management board has appointed Lawrence Lockwood of Terex as CFO and member of the management board. Crane manufacturer Demag Cranes AG in Germany currently controlled by Terex in [...]
Konecranes has launched a new add-on for its diesel RTGs, allowing owners to convert them to hybrid diesel/electric power. The Hybrid Power Pack is designed to allow users the ease of use of a fully d[...]
Mining is a specialised business that requires specialised lifting equipment. Julian Champkin reports. Mining is more than dark underground tunnels of men with picks and machines extracting coal – v[...]
Columbus McKinnon, the American material handling product manufacturer, has launched the 15-60USt capacity Yale LodeKing electric wire rope hoist, targeting an international market. The hoist will com[...]
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