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Liebherr luffers build Thailand Supreme Court
Construction contractor Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction chose Liebherr luffing jib tower cranes for Thailand’s new supreme court building
Technical lift by Prangl
Lifting and specialist transport service provider Prangl provided lifting services for the construction of a new nitric acid plant in Hungary
Grimm build for Proschwitz & Schröder
Crane rental company Proschwitz & Schröder Baumaschinen has used its Terex CTT 161A-8 flat top tower crane to help construct a museum in Kassel, Germany
Liebherr luffer on Junction Square
Contractor Shwe Taung Group has taken delivery of a Liebherr 180 HC-L luffing jib tower crane to construct a twin-tower office and residential extension to the Junction Square shopping mall in Myanmar
Hudson Yard project for Tutor Perini
Construction company Tutor Perini put a 600 tonne capacity Manitowoc 18000 crawler crane to work on the Hudson Yards redevelopment project in New York, USA
Fashion outlet for Fritz Mayer
Construction contractor Fritz Mayer used four Potain tower cranes to help build a new shopping centre in Montabaur, Germany
Liebherr towers construct FYI Centre
Construction company Thai Obayashi has put three Liebherr tower cranes to work on the construction of the FYI Centre in Bangkok, Thailand
Jack Daniel’s Distillery for Gilley Crane
Crane and rigging service provider, Gilley Crane Rigging and Lifting used its new Terex Explorer 5800 all terrain to lift two boilers at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery in Lynchburg, USA
Hospital call for City Lifting
UK-based City Lifting has carried out its first job with its new 300 tonne capacity Grove GMK6300L wheeled mobile crane at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London
Tadano ATF 180G-5 for FTO
Lifting service provider FTO Fertigteilwerk Obermain, based in Germany, has taken delivery of a Tadano ATF 180G-5 all terrain crane
Alfasi erects Eiffel Tower in Macau
Alfasi Constructions used a Liebherr LR 1300 crawler crane to erect a model of the Eiffel Tower at the Sands Parisian casino resort in Macau
Dockwise secures $275 million contract
Dockwise, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Bechtel for module transport services on the Wheatstone Project in Western Australia
Largest cargo into Turkey
Transport company Hareket Heavy Lifting and Project Transportation has transported 11 reactor and coke drum units from Japan as the largest load to travel into Turkey
Manica Logistics to transport 630 tonnes
Freight service provider Manica Group Namibia has begun transporting cargo for an acid plant in Tsumeb, Namibia
Fairground fun with Grove GMK5220
German crane operator Völkl, based in Straubing, chose a Grove GMK5220 all terrain crane to build fairground rides in Germany
Beyel dismantles at Kennedy Space Center
Florida-based Beyel Brothers, has helped dismantle an overhead crane in the Shuttle Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), at the Kennedy Space Center
What's driving demand for super heavy lifters?
The focus in the heavy lifting sector remains at the top end of the scale in projects for the mega cranes that have been emerging, for the last couple of years or so, from end users in Europe and the USA. IC reports
Mega Jack rises
ALE has completed its first project using the heavy lift Mega Jack hydraulic jacking tower system. Three 1,500 tonne roof sections for a new
Shaanxi Hoisting debuts Terex CC 6800
Shaanxi Petroleum Chemical Engineering and Construction Co (Shaanxi Hoisting), has celebrated the first lift of its new 1,250 tonne capacity Terex CC 6800 crawler crane
Big deals for Sarens Australia
Sarens Australia has secured AU$ 65 million (US$ 69 million) in crane and specialized transport contracts in the country's multi-billion dollar LNG and mining industry development
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