Manitowoc - Tue August 22, 2023
Four Potain MCT 385 Topless Cranes Deliver Record-Breaking Indian Bridge Project
Four Potain MCT 385 topless tower cranes have now almost completed their work constructing the tallest cable-stayed road bridge in India. The cranes were purchased for the project by Afcons, the main contractor for the bridge build which forms a crucial part of the Khopoli-Kusgaon Connector Project — more commonly known as the Pune-Mumbai Missing Link....
Manitowoc - Thu August 17, 2023
Additional MLC300 With VPC-MAX Boosts Wilkerson Crane Rental's Capacity for Largest Tasks
Kansas City, Kan.-based Wilkerson Crane Rental is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the purchase of another Manitowoc MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane equipped with VPC-MAX. Although the company has more than 40 years of experience in hoisting, lift planning, heavy hauling and equipment servicing, Wilkerson Crane Rental only officially came into existence in 2013....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue August 15, 2023
Awareness, Planning Are Easy Ways to Save Your Crane, Crew
Two very different situations in Texas this year ended in fires that, while they didn't cause injury or death, did stop work and caused alarm in the local community. Crane end users, and the crew that works in and around the machines, must take the possibility of a rig fire seriously and have a prevention plan in place....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon August 07, 2023
The Industrial Company Delivering $410M Port Upgrade
The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is spending $410 million to transform and upgrade the 200-acre Ocean Terminal in the Port of Savannah, a project that is being undertaken by The Industrial Company (TIC), which is responsible for the wharf/berth refurbishment element....
Tadano - Mon August 07, 2023
CraneWorks Named Tadano America Distributor
Tadano America has added CraneWorks as an authorized distributor of Tadano all terrain, rough terrain and telescopic boom crawler cranes in the state of Alabama. Based in Birmingham, CraneWorks offers cranes ranging from 2 to 500-ton capacity for sale and rental, as well as rigging, machinery moving, specialty hauling and equipment storage services....
Manitowoc - Tue August 01, 2023
MSG Krandienst's New Grove GMK6400-1 Aces its First Job
A Grove GMK6400-1 is the latest fleet addition for crane rental company MSG Krandienst. It went to its first job — recovering a derailed train car — the day after arriving at its new home. Yannick Kempf is the MSG Krandienst operator on the new crane, and he was full of praise for it:"The controls are so intuitive on the GMK6400-1 that I was immediately able to operate it....
Atlantic & Southern Equipment - Mon July 31, 2023
Atlantic & Southern Equipment Acquires Assets of Pinnacle Cranes
Atlantic & Southern Equipment, an eight location Link-Belt Crane, Magni Telehandler, Manitex Crane and AGCO dealer serving Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Florida Panhandle and North Carolina, has entered into an agreement to acquire the operating assets of Pinnacle Cranes....
Link-Belt Cranes - Mon July 31, 2023
Link-Belt Cranes Announces Promotion, New Hires
Link-Belt Cranes announced the promotion of Casey Smith and the hiring of Will Hatton and Thomas Taylor. Casey SmithCasey Smith has been promoted to supervisor, marketing information at Link-Belt Cranes, effective April 1, 2023....
Tadano - Thu July 27, 2023
Sims Crane & Equipment Co. Purchases First Tadano GT-800XL-2 in United States
Sims Crane & Equipment Co. has been serving the heavy equipment needs of contractors for more than six decades with crane leasing and sales across Florida. Sims has a large fleet of Tadano all-terrain cranes, and it is now the first company to own the new GT-800XL-2 truck crane (5-section 154.3 ft....
ALL Crane - Wed July 26, 2023
ALL Family Unveils New Potain IGO T 99 Self-Erecting Towers at UW Residence Hall Construction
A new kind of tower crane is making its debut for the ALL Family of Companies. The construction site is an unassuming student housing complex on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The new tower, the Potain IGO T 99 tower crane, isn't about height (the greatest hook height among the two T 99s on campus will be just 119 ft.), but it is about reach and transportability....
