Revenues at Manitowoc Cranes continues to slip, but order intake has boosted the year end backlog by 28 percent. Revenues for the full year were $2.3 billion eight percent down on 2013, mainly due to lower sales of Rough Terrain cranes and boom trucks. Operating profits for the 12 months were $163.9 million - 25 percent lower than in the previous year. Looking at the fourth quarter revenues declined six percent to $663.2 million for the same reasons as the full year numbers, but also compounded by Euro revenues translating into fewer … [Read more...]
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Allegiance Crane has used a Liebherr LTM 1400
American crane service provider Allegiance Crane has used a Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 mobile crane to lift the largest bronze horse statue in the world at a theme park in Florida. The bronze sculpture, named the Pegasus and Dragon, measures 33 metres high and 63 m long. It weighs 650 tons, 250 tons of which is bronze and 400 tons of which is the internal steel construction. The sculpture is welded together from 1,250 individual bronze plates. The sculpture has been created for the Gulfstream Park on Hallandale Beach, Miami, Florida, USA by … [Read more...]
Stevenson Crane adds 9 Terex RTs to fleet
Stevenson Crane Service has nine new Terex rough terrain cranes available for nationwide rental as of Tuesday, Jan. 27. The new additions include three 30-ton Terex RT 230s, two 55-ton RT 555s, two 70-ton RT 670s and two 80-ton RT 780s. The new equipment will provide enhanced performance and allow for increased availability to better serve contractors and users in need of the most advanced lifting equipment. … [Read more...]
Four Manitowoc 2250s assemble overpass bridges
Four Manitowoc 2250 crawler cranes were featured prominently in the assembly of several new overpass bridges as part of a $61 million highway project in Wisconsin. The work also included the expansion of highway U.S. 41 traffic lanes, the reconstruction of several of its interchanges and the addition of 40 roundabouts. Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental of Milwaukee handled the lifting work. “The 300-ton capacity cranes were just what we needed for the large pick weights associated with many of the lifts, especially the prefabricated tub … [Read more...]
Global Parts Centre for Kobelco
Kobelco Cranes Co has officially opened its Global Parts Centre in Singapore which started operations at the beginning of this year. The opening ceremony was attended by Akihiko Tsukamoto chief executive of Kobelco Cranes together with senior company executives, dignitaries, Kobelco dealers, business partners and associates. The new centre is strategically located to supply both the Asia Pacific and Australasia region as well as Europe, Africa and the Middle East, from a single location. The initial stock holding is valued at ¥400 million … [Read more...]
Sennebogen and Manitowoc launch crawlers
Crane manufacturers Sennebogen and Manitowoc have signed an agreement to produce a series of telescopic crawler cranes at the Straubing location in Lower Bavaria, Germany. The agreement is for the production of telescopic crawler cranes for the North and South American market. The crawlers will be produced by Sennebogen and sold using the Manitowoc Grove brand name, a company spokesperson said. The new models include the GHC55, GHC75, and GHC130 telescoping crawler cranes. The GHC series has a compact footprint, which provides excellent … [Read more...]
Record year for Liebherr harbour cranes
Liebherr’s mobile harbour crane division has reported a record year in crane sales for 2014, with deliveries up 9.8 percent from its previous record set in 2008. Celebrating its 40th year since delivering its first mobile harbour crane, the company delivered a total of 112 units to six continents last year – a 9.8 percent increase from 2008 when the company sold a record 102 mobile harbour cranes. Europe remains the company’s largest market, accounting for 38 percent of its shipments, while the African market tripled last year’s sales … [Read more...]
Terex UK open day
Terex Cranes UK held a customer open day at its premises in Long Crendon today where four 160 tonne Explorer 5600 All Terrain cranes were on display. The open day, which also took place yesterday, offered customers a chance to tour the company's premises and view a range of Terex cranes on display. Of particular interest were the first four Explorer 5600 All Terrain cranes in the UK, which have been ordered by Southern Cranes & Access, ABA Crane Hire, King Lifting and Sangwin Crane Hire. Due for delivery in the next couple of weeks, … [Read more...]
Large Liebherr and JLGs for Singapore
Singapore rental company LH Construction and Machinery Leasing, a subsidiary of Lian Hup Brother (LHB), has taken delivery of the first 300 tonne Liebherr LTM1300-6.2 in Asia, as well as two 185ft JLG 1850SJ self-propelled boom lifts. The six-axle LTM1300 features a 78 metre main boom, a 70 metre luffing jib and a single engine concept which provides the power for the carrier as well as when driving the crane superstructure via a combination of mechanical shafts. LHB chairman Chua Kim Seng, said: “We are very impressed with the single … [Read more...]
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