Heavy lift news
The European association for the abnormal road transport and mobile crane rental industry (ESTA) has just confirmed that Fabio Belli, CEO of Italian heavy transport and lifting company Fagioli, has…
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…
Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building is 17-metres taller, thanks to the world’s biggest crane, Big Carl. Overnight, a 347-tonne liner steel ring was lifted onto the Unit 1 reactor…
Dubai-based MYCRANE has launched universally accessible crane selection tool available to the lifting industry at no cost. Live at www.my-crane.com, the independently-developed Selector tool allows users to quickly and easily…
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…
United Heavy Lift welcomes Ocean7 Projects (Ocean7) as a partner in the UHL Americas, Inc. branch office in Houston, Texas. Both UHL and Ocean7 specialize in the transportation of heavy…
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…
Tadano has lunched the new AC 2.040-1, the first all terrain crane to be developed jointly by Tadano’s Lauf and Zweibrücken locations in Germany.“That’s why this market launch is really…
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…
The shipping specialist, Tiba Group, was managing the delivery of three locomotives scheduled to arrive at Chile’s Terminal Cerros de Valparaíso (TCVAL) in November 2021. Knowing that they had to…
ESTA’s board has nominated Fagioli CEO Fabio Belli to take over as ESTA president when current president David Collett’s term ends in March. The decision to appoint Belli has to…
Hendrik Veder Group is partnering with companies to boost sustainability by reusing, repairing or recycling used synthetic ropes and slings. As the global pandemic makes raw materials increasingly scarce, recycling…
Allelys have successfully completed the transport and installation of a 113te reactor for Frodsham substation. The reactor, measuring 6.5m (l) x 2.7m (w) x 4m (h) was received at Immingham port…
Sarens has been involved in the load-in, load-out, transport, and storage of several monopiles and transition pieces for the St. Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm since January 2021. The work is…
Modulift has appointed Lifting Gear Hire (LGH), one of the largest largest rental hire companies in the lifting industry to become a stock holding partner in Germany. As the European…
Belgium-based REM-B Hydraulics has developed self-contained, remote-controlled hydraulics powerpacks for connecting and releasing 1000 tonne, 85m high, offshore wind turbine bases during quayside lifting onto a pontoon, for leading international…
Manufacturer for modular spreader beams Modulift announced they now have stock on a next day delivery service to the European market via their new warehouse facility based in Czech Republic.…
Crane and heavy transport company Transbiaga is working with three new Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile cranes in Spain’s largest wind farm Gecama. There, 67 wind turbines with a…
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