new crane

The US Port of Longview, in Washington state, welcomed the 50,000-deadweight-ton Star Laguna crane vessel in mid October when it visited the port on its maiden voyage.

The Liebherr heavy lift offshore crane series consists of machine types with lifting capacities from 300t to 3,000t. The machine types are BOS 7500, BOS 14000, BOS 35000, BOS 45000, MTC 78000, CAL 45000 and CAL 64000.

There were mixed emotions at SAIE 2012 exhibition in Bologna as tower cranes were nowhere to be seen, but loader cranes and mobile cranes were out in force.

The first 1,500 tonne capacity Liebherr CAL 64000-1500 Litronic heavy lift offshore crane is ready for operation. Built in Rostock, Germany, by Austria-based Liebherr-Werk Nenzing, the crane has been installed on the Innovation, a vessel owned HGO InfraSea Solutions.

The 30th Bauma exhibition, being held in Munich, Germany from April 15 to 21 2013, will be the largest ever, with a total area of 570,000 m2.

Link Belt has launched the 72.5 tonne RTC-8080 Series II, Rough Terrain crane as a replacement for its RTC-8075, expanding its series II range, filling between the RTC-8065 Series II and RTC-8090 Series II models.

Tadano America, Houston, Texas, reports the first shipment of its 450-ton flagship ATF 400G-6 all-terrain crane has arrived in North America.

Eric Etchart, president and general manager at Manitowoc Cranes, gave Alex Dahm an insight into his company and the crane market worldwide from the perspective of a truly global manufacturer.

Terex Cranes has officially announced the launch of the 650 tonne capacity Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane.

This week at its CraneFest, Link-Belt debuted the RTC-8080 Series II rough-terrain crane, featuring 80 tons of capacity, a full-power, four-section boom, and the Link-Belt Pulse total crane operating system.