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Il Parmense Trasporti, a company located in Parma, Italy, recently completed a challenging task of installing a 28-ton glass bottle production machine in a cramped space below ground level with…
Five years ago Mammoet was approached by Framatome to assist with the removal and replacement of four steam generators from inside its nuclear power plants in France. The main challenge…
With the aim to modernise its fleet of mobile cranes with lifting capacities from 50 to 110 tonnes, Schmidbauer has opted for four mobile cranes from Liebherr. The order also…
Modulift has recently finished the testing of MOD 1100 modular spreader beam, the largest supplied standard beam in the Modulift range with a lifting capacity of 2000 tonnes. Ordered by…
Lifting and heavy transport specialist, Schares, relied on Enerpac for the installation of a double-track railway bridge in suburban Oldenburg, Germany. SCJ-100 Cube Jacks were used to raise and lower…
Mammoet was in charge of load in and transpooling of subsea cable for an offshore project in Saudi Arabia. The cable basket arrived on a barge to Jubail Commercial Port,…
Hareket Heavy Lifting and Project Transportation has completed the load-out operation of a 10.350 tons ship named “De Transporter” from the floating dock at Tersan Yalova Shipyard breaking its own…
Bush and Burchett Inc. was contracted to built the Pond Creek Bridge on US460 in Pike County, Kentucky, the tallest bridge in the Bluegrass State and one of the tallest…
Over 170 companies attended the ‘Experience Days’ at Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology at Hengelo, The Netherlands. Highlights of the event included the first opportunity to see new ML40 Mini-Lift Gantry,…
The team at the Vancouver-based Seaspan shipyard has used an Enerpac EVO Synchronous Lifting Pump and 12 High Tonnage Hydraulic Lifting Cylinders, supplied by local Enerpac distributor Hyseco, to support…
The demand from the market for large crawler cranes is growing, for example in the petrochemicals industry and port handling involving enormous components for offshore applications. Driven by the energy…
USA-based heavy lift and rigging equipment rental and sales company, Engineered Rigging, combined its expertise to help a contractor dismantle and remove the 90-year-old Wittpenn Bridge in New Jersey. The…
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has just announced the acquisition of ALS, the European non-asset specialist logistics provider offering solutions for oversized, abnormal, exceptional and heavy lift cargo shipments by road, rail, air…
BMS Heavy Cranes A/S an d AS Manutention have announced a Joint-Venture Agreement in order to strengthen the position of the company its on the French market. The Joint-Venture, ASM…
Mexican crane and heavy haulage contractor ESEASA has added five new Liebherr LRT 1090-2.1 cranes and two LRT 1100-2.1 models to its fleet. The versatile cranes will primarily be used…
Collett Heavy Lift Team relied on Enerpac JS125 jacking system to extract a 20 tonne gantry crane from its Halifax Mile Thorn warehouse. With the decision to upgrade to a…
USA-based lifting equipment specialist, The Caldwell Group Inc., has appointed Jeff Ferchen, director, business development; and Lisa Sympson, marketing manager. Ferchen will further enhance overall customer experience and will also…
Modulift has manufactured their first ever CMOD 250 corner units. The CMOD 250 can achieve a WLL of 300t load and can reach spans of 20m x 20m, the corner…
Engineered Rigging is now accepting rental reservations for its new Enerpac JS500 Jack-up System. This heavy lifting technology, with its 2,200-ton capacity, will be in high demand as states and…
PHL Hydraulics Ireland Ltd has used 16 cube jacks for the synchronised lifting of a 50m x 7m racking system weighing 160 ton at a large industrial facility. It is…
Specialized knowledge can be very beneficial, particularly in large and complicated projects, since experts in various specialties can provide valuable services. However, this often involves contracting various independent suppliers, each…
Osprey Group has recently transported a new low pressure rotor, weighing 257-tonnes, for the world’s most powerful steam turbine at Hinkley Point C, in Somerset. The new low-pressure rotor forms…
In response to the great demand for compact hand chain block, Kito has launched the new CX010 with 1 ton load capacity. Almost all users choose a hand chain block…
Khimji Ramdas have successfully handled a sea freight charter of project cargo from Masan Port in South Korea to Duqm Port in Oman for the electricity distribution sector. The shipment…
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