HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Thursday 9 September 2010 Make CIN my HomePage    CRANES & LIFTING STORIES [ 78 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Forest of cranes builds Saudi uni (Wednesday, 25 August 2010) MORE than 180 Potain tower cranes, Grove mobile cranes and Manitowoc crawler cranes are helping build the world’s largest women-only university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Full Story... Singapore company buys into D&G (Monday, 23 August 2010) THE owners of the D&G group of crane hire companies have a new partner, Singapore construction equipment hirer JP Nelson. Full Story... 31000 handles stress test (Monday, 16 August 2010) WITH delivery of its first Model 31000 scheduled for later this year, Manitowoc has completed overload testing of the giant crawler crane. Full Story... Huntingdale auction well received (Friday, 6 August 2010) DEMAND was strong for pick and carry cranes from the fleet of collapsed hirer Huntingdale Cranes at yesterday’s auction in Melbourne, the auctioneer said. Full Story... Tat wants all of Tutts back (Monday, 19 July 2010) TUTT Bryant Group shares jumped 43% to 90c on Friday on news of a buyout bid from majority shareholder, Singapore company Tat Hong Holdings. Full Story... Liebherr’s compact a Bauma star (Monday, 19 July 2010) THE innovative lift cab on Liebherr’s 45-tonne capacity LTC 1045-3.1 mobile crane drew a crowd at its Bauma 2010 debut. Full Story... LOTY entries deadline nears (Monday, 5 July 2010) CRANE Industry Council of Australia and state association members have three more weeks to submit entries in the CICA Lift of the Year Awards – sponsored by Cranes & Lifting magazine, an Aspermont publication. Full Story... Grove teams up with Allison (Wednesday, 16 June 2010) THE new Grove GMK6300L all-terrain crane, launched at the recent Bauma exhibition by Manitowoc, will offer Allison Transmission’s fully automatic transmissions for better performance in the tightest confines. Full Story... Change of scenery for big crawler crane (Monday, 14 June 2010) A 1200-tonne Liebherr telescopic-boom crawler crane owned by German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon recently took a break from wind farm work to install concrete panels at a building construction site. Full Story... McAleese still stalking Boom (Friday, 4 June 2010) SHARES in Australia’s biggest crane hirer, Boom Logistics, soared 35% to 40.5c yesterday after news of yet another takeover bid involving major shareholder McAleese Investments. Full Story... Winch hire perfect for port project (Monday, 17 May 2010) A VEHICLE loading crane and winch hired from Kennards Lift & Shift has helped a South Australian diving company install a cathodic protection system to the container terminal at Outer Harbour in Adelaide. Full Story... High times (Friday, 14 May 2010) WITH legislative changes looming, Australia’s heavy lifting specialists are preparing for a wind farm boom over the next decade. Full Story... Monster crawler takes shape (Friday, 7 May 2010) LIEBHERR’s mammoth new 3000-tonne capacity crawler crane is nearing completion at the company’s factory in Ehingen, Germany. Full Story... Self-erecter a gap filler (Friday, 23 April 2010) WITH a maximum capacity of 8 tonnes, Manitowoc’s Potain Igo T 130 is the largest self-erecting crane in the world, the company says. Full Story... New Snorkels at Bauma (Wednesday, 21 April 2010) ELEVATING work platform manufacturer Snorkel has launched six machines at Bauma 2010. Full Story... These cranes really are bomb-proof (Monday, 19 April 2010) OVERHEAD crane manufacturer Konecranes is expanding its range of explosion-proof new cranes and components for service, retrofits and upgrading. Full Story... Big Terex at Bauma (Wednesday, 31 March 2010) TEREX will show its new 1000-tonne capacity all terrain crane at Bauma 2010. The nine-axle AC1000 is claimed to be “the world’s most powerful roadable boom-on all terrain crane”. Full Story... EnerMech to train offshore crane operators (Wednesday, 10 March 2010) UK-based mechanical services company EnerMech has been given the thumbs up by Australia’s National Training Information Service to deliver training in offshore crane operations. Full Story... New mini crawlers run on air (Monday, 22 February 2010) Gleason Cranes Australia has introduced a new line of mini crawler cranes powered by compressed air. Full Story... Tutt, Fagioli join forces (Friday, 19 February 2010) CRANE hirer Tutt Bryant has formed a joint venture with Italian heavy lifting specialist Fagioli to bid for work on major resources projects. Full Story... Boom wins Rio job (Wednesday, 3 February 2010) CRANE operator Boom Logistics has inked a three-year contract with major miner Rio Tinto to supply cranes for Rio’s iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara with two three-year options to extend the contract. Full Story... Operators praise simple Sany (Wednesday, 3 February 2010) HAVING owned and operated a Chinese-built Sany 100-tonne crawler for three years, J&D Rigging’s John Hassell had no hesitation in returning to James Equipment to purchase a second Sany crawler. Full Story... National crane is the power line pick (Wednesday, 20 January 2010) A NATIONAL Crane 1100 series telescopic boom fitted with a man basket and mounted on a crawler carrier is ideal for installing power lines, US equipment hirer Nesco Sales says. Full Story... Terex fits custom tower cranes (Monday, 18 January 2010) TEREX has installed two specially modified tower cranes on a floating dock for Norwegian offshore and maritime service facilities provider Westcon. Full Story... Unique Grove crane makes Asian debut (Friday, 15 January 2010) THE first Grove GTK1100 crane to arrive in Asia has completed its first jobs, helping to build major wind farm installations in northern China. Full Story... Pickles’ Franna a milestone machine (Monday, 11 January 2010) AUSTRALIA has had a love affair with the pick and carry crane since the first Fowler tractor crane appeared in 1943. BY Greg Keane Full Story... Enerpac debuts strand lift system in Australia (Wednesday, 16 December 2009) ENERPAC’S new strand lift system is designed to hoist loads of thousands of tonnes where access is restricted, overhead space is limited or maximum stability is required. Full Story... Chinese crane a reliable performer (Wednesday, 16 December 2009) A CHINESE-built crawler crane is impressing construction contractor Laing O’Rourke at the Airly Coal Development Project near Lithgow. Full Story... More good news for Boom (Monday, 14 December 2009) CRANE operator Boom Logistics has announced another major contract win, securing a deal with the Thiess Decmil Kentz joint venture for lifting work at the Gorgon construction village on Barrow Island. Full Story... Boom wins Boddington job (Friday, 11 December 2009) AFTER a tough year, crane operator Boom Logistics has inked a major new contract with Newmont Mining at the Boddington gold mine in Western Australia. Full Story... 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