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Crane Link opens new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg

More than 300 customers and agents gathered for the grand opening of Crane Link Zoomlion Pty Ltd’s new Zoomlion warehouse in Johannesburg.

The 5,000 sq m warehouse includes offices, maintenance facilities, spare parts, product demonstration spaces and machine operator training areas.

Crane Link, South African agent for the Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion, claims the training simulator (for the QY110V mobile crane) at the facility is the first of its kind in South Africa.

Mark Bates, Crane Link’s managing director, said: “Crane Link Zoomlion is excited to launch the new premises that positions Zoomlion cranes now as professional supplier of mobile cranes for the South Africa market, with the focus on technical training and service support.”

The Chinese-themed opening ceremony saw Zoomlion QY25V, QY50V, QY110V and RT55 cranes displayed.

Malina Crane’s sporting challenge

Malina Crane of the Czech Republic has performed a tandem lift using a Terex Explorer 5800 and an AC 250-1 all-terrain crane at a new sports arena in in Frydek-Místek, Czech Republic.

Malina Crane said limited space and an oversized 28t load measuring 30m wide had to be overcome when lifting the prefabricated steel roof structure into place at the arena in Frydek-Místek.

The AC 250-1 operated with a main boom length of 41m and 21m working radius, while the Explorer’s main boom was telescoped to 42m at a working radius of 24m. These settings allowed the cranes to lift the load precisely to the required 18m height.

Malina Crane president Radek Malina said the project had also been useful to assess the fuel consumption of Terex’s single-engine concept compared to a two-engine design.

Mr Malina said: “Now we have seen it clearly: the single-engine concept is in fact significantly more fuel efficient.”

He said another benefit of the single-engine design was the ability to switch off the engine at any time during a job, without turning off the IC-1 crane control system.

The multi-use sports arena features an ice rink.

XCMG all terrain range expanded

A new addition has been made to the XCMG brand of all terrain cranes.

Chinese manufacturer XCMG claims the new QAY 180 model, displayed at the recent Project Qatar 2014 exhibition in Doha, adopts 38 patented technologies.

The model features a 180t lifting capacity, overall length of 15.77m, weight of 60t, minimum turning radius of 10m and six-segment 62m long boom, three-segment 28m long jib and six counterweight combinations.

A compact boom tail structure, increased tapping length of the lifting boom and decreased jib deflection is designed to boost stability.

Other features include a four-axle drive and electro-hydraulic proportional steering control, advanced disc brake technology and multi-point heat dissipation technology.

Merkel extends fleet with Tadano ATF 50G-3

Merkel Autokrane GmbH has taken delivery of another Tadano ATF 50 all-terrain crane.

The latest fleet addition, an ATF 50G-3, follows Merkel’s purchase of three Tadano units – the ATF 50-3, ATF 65G-4 and ATF 220G-5 – in 2012.

The 50t ATF 50G-3 has a 40m main boom and consists of a 7t counterweight, 32t hook block, 6t swivel hook and a jib or main boom extension of 9/16m within a 12t axle load model.

Merkel said high lifting capacity, compactness and easy handling were factors in its purchasing decision.

Its use of Tadano cranes stems back to 2011 when it expanded its fleet with an ATF 65G-4.

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 was due to an improved performance in Germany, Switzerland and Russia. Whilst its mobile division reported a €2.07bn turnover explained by the firm as being linked to growth in Germany, the Netherlands and the USA. The maritime cranes division saw a small rise in turnover to €830.1m.

Western Europe was Liebherr’s strongest growth region with turnover up by 4.8% to €4.15bn. Eastern European business shrank by 13.2%, while the Middle East was steady at €306.5m. Significant increases were seen in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In America, Liebherr described business as positive, with turnover dipping only slightly to €1.47bn. Africa registered a 2.4% turnover rise to €606m, while the Far East/Australia region was 9.7% lower at €1.50bn.

Group investments in 2013 matched the previous year’s level at €830m, with the mobile cranes division investing €86.3m. The tower cranes division invested €73.2m with €71.1m invested in maritime cranes.

The company said that initial estimates for 2014 suggested its total turnover would be similar to 2013, with the total workforce expected to further increase.

Tadano’s big all terrain goes to Colombia

Tadano has sold the first of it’s range-topping 400t ATF400G-6 all terrain cranes in South America, to Transportes Montejo in Colombia.

TAdano said, “Our dealer for Colombia, Gruas Japonesas, and Tadano have built a very good relationship with Transportes Montejo by providing high quality products and services. Before we delivered the ATF400G-6, Transportes Montejo had already bought two boom trucks and two rough terrain cranes.”

Tadano says the Colombian rental house had seen the ATF400G-6 at Bauma 2013 and been impressed by the crane’s main boom capacity and compact carrier. The new crane will be used for energy related installation and maintenance projects, as well as for bridge building. As well as working in Colombia, it will be available to Transportes Montejo’s branches in Panama and Venezuela.