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Mining company Boliden has purchased a 74 tonnes electrified Scania truck for heavy transport. With delivery scheduled for spring 2022, the electrified truck is a part of the company’s aim…

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…

UTM Universal Transport GmbH uses a rail vehicle solution with Goldhofer vehicles to gradually transport 30 new streetcars for Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, the municipal transport company of the city of…

The UK-based heavy transport specialist Collett has received the second of its new Manoovr Trailers. Manufactured by Nooteboom, these new trailers are designed specifically to meet the requirements of the…

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…

Bolloré Logistics Tanzania carried out the logistics for the Songo Songo project by transporting 5,000 freight tons of pieces and equipment. A total of seven barge vessels were required to…

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…

Verton and The Crosby Group have announced an expansion of Verton’s load orientation technology in North America. As a partner and Master Distributor of Verton products for the Americas, The…

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…

Mammoet-Giant Taiwan is currently in charge of transporting a total of 333 pin piles for the construction of Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms. The team is also…

Crane and heavy transport company Guindastes Tatuapé has recently taken a delivery of the first Liebherr LTM 1120-4.1 mobile crane in Brazil. It has a seven section 66-metre telescopic main…

A 430-ton bridge is being moved at Plaidt in the Rhineland Palatinate, Western Germany, and Markus Meckelholt, SPMT operator at Autokrane Schares, shares with us his day full of movements.…
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