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Street Crane Company enlisted for Edinburgh tram project

The Edinburgh tram network has enlisted Street Crane Company to install a double girder overhead crane at the company’s Gogar depot. The 6.3 tonne overhead crane will be used to maintain a fleet of [...]

Variable frequency drive technology are helping to optimise the performance and versatility of today’s crane brakes

Variable frequency drive technology and specialised systems are helping to optimise the performance and versatility of today’s crane and hoist brakes. Daniel Searle reports. Crane performance has be[...]

Schmidbauer squeezes Liebherrs into factory

German rental firm Schmidbaue has used two Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 all terrain cranes to replace the crane track for a gantry crane at the crane manufacturers own excavator plant in Kirchdorf. The capac[...]

Crane injury results in fine for UK metal manufacturer

A metal manufacturer in Glossop, Derbyshire, UK, has appeared in court after an employee was injured when he was struck by a container as it swung from an overhead travelling crane, the UK’s Health [...]

Liebherr wins European orders

Container terminal operator, APM Terminals Gothenburg, has placed an order for two ship to shore (STS) cranes and two rail mounted gantry cranes with Liebherr Container Cranes, the company announced r[...]

Jebel Ali switches to electrified RTGs

DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has successfully electrified eight diesel-powered rubber-tyred Gantry cranes (RTG), the marine terminal operator announced recently. The company said the switch fr[...]

RTGs ordered for Indonesian airport

Port crane and reach stacker manufacturer Kalmar has received an order for six E-One rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) from Indonesian container terminal operator, PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (TPS),[...]

Hong kong International Terminals to install remote control operations to 29 RTGs

Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) has signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Technology Corporation (MHIMT) to install remote-control operations for the 29 RTGs at Contai[...]

Singapore’s Bosch Rexroth has installed a Konecranes crane through the manufacturer’s Rentall plan

Singapore’s Bosch Rexroth has installed a Konecranes crane through the manufacturer’s Rentall plan. Global engineering company Bosch Rexroth has installed a new Konecranes CXT crane at its Singapo[...]

RTG order for Kenya

Mombasa-based Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has ordered 2 hybrid E-One 2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Kalmar, it was announced this week. Set for delivery during 2014 the order is valued aroun[...]

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