business management

“Even though Terex will no longer be in the mining equipment business, we feel we have helped launch a superior product range upon which Bucyrus can build,” said Ron DeFeo, Terex chairman and chief executive officer

“With ‘green’ machines in your fleet, you can satisfy more of a customer’s needs and become a more valuable rental resource,

“For the last couple of months it is zero, totally dead,” David Semple, managing director of Manitowoc Cranes, said of the number of orders the company has received from Dubai.

Dutch construction company Dura Vermeer has installed camera/monitor systems across its entire tower crane fleet in order to aid its crane operators and improve safety.

The spandrel being placed was 120 feet (37 m) long and weighed 150,000 pounds (68 metric tons).

Four Liebherr container cranes already operate at the port, the second and third were post panamax units delivered in 1992. The first was a tango type, delivered in 1978 and the fourth arrived in 2004.

The wind energy market continues to grow as does the capacity of the turbines, particularly offshore.

This includes the 38 tonne capacity Altec AC38-127S telescopic crane upper which has been mounted on Prinoth’s GT4500 tracked vehicle, designed for use on usually inaccessible terrains.

Jessie Bryant Roofing of Memphis, TN was faced with all sorts of challenges in re-roofing the Federal Courthouse Building in downtown Memphis.

Mr van Gelder said, “Our markets will not yet recover in 2010.” He added that the company had “cut its 2009 cloth to match its 2010 coat”.