Palfinger and Sany have launched a new Palfinger Sany rough terrain range aimed at Russian users, and announced the completion of the two firms' mutual capital interlinking. The new Palfinger Sany rough terrain crane series was launched at a Palfinger-Sany CIS-Dealer-Conference in Moscow. Further product developments will be displayed at the CTT 2014, also in the Russian city. The three rough terrain cranes have lifting capacities of 35t, 55t and 75t. The new rough terrain crane series has four-wheel steering, 116tm to 258tm lifting … [Read more...]
ThermaPrime takes eight Tadano cranes
Tadano Asia has delivered an order of eight new cranes to ThermaPrime, a geothermal drilling company in the Philippines. The cranes, a mix of all-terrain and rough-terrain units, were delivered through local heavy equipment dealer Monark Equipment. ThermaPrime bought three 50t Tadano GR-500EX rough terrain cranes, four 70t ATF 70G-4 all terrain cranes and an 180t ATF 180G-5 all terrain. ThermaPrime Well Services is a geothermal drilling company that operates land-based rotary drilling rigs in five geothermal fields across the Philippines … [Read more...]
US crane rental company Bay Crane is adding 26 new cranes
US crane rental company Bay Crane is adding 26 new cranes and boosting its transport fleet to support its new branch in Carlstadt New Jersey. The new cranes included 12 new All Terrain cranes from Grove and Liebherr topped by the company’s third 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1. In addition it has ordered 14 new Rough Terrain cranes from Tadano, topped by the new 145 tonne three axle GR 1600XL, the largest Rough Terrain crane available in the USA. The order expands Bay Cranes all Tadano RT fleet. Half of the new cranes have already been … [Read more...]
Terex cranes publish poor results for 2013
Terex Cranes has published a poor set of results for 2013, with lower sales and profits. Total revenue for the year was $1.93 billion over three percent lower than in 2012, while operating income slipped over 35 percent to $110.5 million. The fourth quarter was even worse, with revenues sliding six percent to $480.4 million and operating income plummeting by more than 52 percent to $25.7 million. The order book at year end did improve a little over the quarter, but ended the year down 22 percent at $501.2 million. The Material … [Read more...]
Order for 30 new LinkBelt rough terrain cranes
All Erection & Crane Rental has ordered 30 new Link-Belt cranes for delivery throughout 2014. The deal includes four of the new 135 tonne RTC-80150 Series II Rough Terrain cranes. The 80150 is due for launch at Conexpo next month and features a 59.5 metre six section boom. Three HTC-8690 truck cranes, eight 218HSL and six 238HSL lattice boom crawler cranes, along with two TCC-750 and seven TCC-1100 telescopic crawler cranes have also been ordered. All president Michael Liptak said: “The decision to purchase the new RTC-80150 was, in … [Read more...]
Tadano America exhibit new cranes ConExpo 2014
Tadano America will show seven cranes from its rough terrain and all terrain ranges at ConExpo 2014. The company said it plans to significantly increase its presence at the construction equipment tradeshow. The Japanese manufacturer will also use the show to official unveil its new 160t GR 1600XL-2, 3-axle rough terrain. Two models of the GR-1600XL-2 are being taken to Las Vegas and Tadano say that one will be configured to show the crane in the transportation mode with the quick self-removing front and rear outriggers, with the second unit … [Read more...]