A system for lifting boats past a hydropower dam on the Upper Rhine has been redesigned by Innokran, using Stahl CraneSystems hoists. Innokran has installed two crane systems fitted with hoisting tech[...]
JDR Cable Systems has installed a 72t overhead crane for reel loading and unloading in a new marine cable factory, it was announced late last week. Street Crane Company supplied the crane that will be[...]
Manufacturer of wireless crane and machine controls, HBC-Radiomatic, has announced that its services are now available to customers in Vietnam. The company has partnered with Saigon Engineering Contro[...]
High-capacity lifting is in ever-increasing demand. Julian Champkin looks at the market for hoists with capacities of 5t and above. High capacity’ is an overused phrase, but we recently delivered a [...]
Heavy lifting and transport specialists Mammoet has lifted a 400t reactor pressure vessel (RPV) out of a reactor pool at a German nuclear power plant as part of the plant’s decommissioning process. [...]
CMAK Crane Systems recently completed a significant installation project at a newly established industrial facility developing and manufacturing drives in Turkey's Aegean Region. The project involved [...]
John Bensalhia takes a look at the North American hoist market, and reports on its notable projects, products and innovations. Hoist manufacturers say that a number of factors are influencing the US m[...]
German lifting equipment manufacturer SWF Krantechnik will be exhibiting its new air balancer, MOVEster, and its new electric chain hoist, CHAINster, at trade fair LogiMAT in February 2013. CHAINster [...]
An explosion proof version of the Yale Global King electric wire rope hoist is now available, intended for use for Division 2, Class 1—groups B, C and D— applications. New York-based material hand[...]
Liebherr Container Cranes has delivered a state-of-the-art, ultra-large container crane to the DCT Gdansk container port in Poland. The crane becomes the eighth ultra-large Liebherr container crane at[...]