Dutch lifting services and heavy transport company Wagenborg Nedlift has strengthened its crane fleet with a nine-axle Demag AC-700 mobile crane featuring a 60m main boom. The 700t crane has already completed its first project - a tandem lift of an 185t hydraulic piling hammer with one of Nedlift's 500t cranes. The hammer was lifted from a quay into an inland ship at the port of Eemshaven. Nedlift's AC-700 specification includes 160t counterweight capacity, Sideways Super Lift and the possibility to add a 36m main boom extension and 50m … [Read more...]
Austin buys Tadano
Austin Crane Service has taken delivery of its first ATF 90G-4, at Tadano America’s headquarters in Houston, Texas. Since its arrival in Leander, Texas, the ATF 90G-4 has been used to build and set tanks and was most recently utilised in downtown Austin working inside street barricades with narrow lane closures. Austin Crane owner and president Larry Taylor said that Tadano's good reputation was one reason the company decided to purchase the ATF 90G-4. On using the crane since taking delivery, Taylor said, "The manufacturer put a lot of … [Read more...]
Six new Liebherrs for BKL
German crane rental company BKL Baukran Logistik has taken delivery of six Liebherr mobile cranes for its newly-opened site in Ingolstadt. Three out of six new Liebherr cranes have already been delivered to Ingolstadt - a 60t LTM 1060-3.1, an LTC 1045-3.1 and an LTM 1130-5.1. The other three cranes - an LTM 1095-5.1, an LTM 1100-5.2 and an LTM 1200-5.1 - will be received before the end of 2014. The cranes feature load capacities ranging from 45-200t, while the LTM 100-5.2 has the VarioBase support system, designed to enable safe crane … [Read more...]
Davis Crane in big Terex truck crane order
North Texas based lifting company Davis Motor Crane Service has signed its largest-ever Terex order for a single crane model. The company has ordered five 40t Terex T 340-1 cranes from Terex distributor Scott-Macon Equipment to help it access confined job sites in northern Texas while achieving high lift capacities. The order represents an upgrade of Davis Crane's fleet of 35t truck cranes. The short 10.8m unit's length and narrow 2.4m driving width allows navigation of the congested Dallas-Forth Worth market streets and northern Texas … [Read more...]
Liebherr LTMs in mammoth airport hangar tandem lift
The Felbermayr Group has used Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 and LTM 1350-6.1 mobile cranes in a tandem lift of a 190t truss for a new Austrian airport hangar construction. The lift of the 100m-long truss was part of a steel skeleton erection for a maintenance hangar for business jets at Schwechat Airport, Vienna. Wels-based crane and heavy load contractor Felbermayr also used three smaller Liebherr mobile cranes for positioning and installing cross and connecting elements. A total of 800t of steel was lifted to form the hangar … [Read more...]
Liebherr reports turnover boost for cranes business
The Liebherr Group’s tower crane and mobile crane divisions performed well in 2013, recording a turnover growth of 10.4% and 7.1%. Liebherr's annual results showed an increase in its cranes business, despite an overall 1.4% dip in group turnover to €8.96bn, which the firm explained as being partially due to reduced sales in the earthmoving and mining divisions. A 34% overall fall in group earnings to €364m was put down to a backdrop of "moderate economic progress". Liebherr's tower crane turnover was €395.5m which the manufacturer said … [Read more...]